Composition, structure, and electrophysical properties of natural zeolite clinoptilolites subjected to mechanical activation with potassium hydrosulfate

Tatyana P. Soloboeva; Olga N. Dabizha; Андрей Геннадьевич

doi:10.17308/kcmf.2025.27/13326

Tatyana P. Soloboeva Transbaikal State University, 30 ul. Aleksandro-Zavodskaya, Chita 672039, Russian Federation https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5461-2668
Olga N. Dabizha Transbaikal State University, 30 ul. Aleksandro-Zavodskaya, Chita 672039, Russian Federation; I. V. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry of NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 2 emb. Makarova, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russian Federation https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8633-8082
Андрей Геннадьевич Transbaikal State University, 30 ul. Aleksandro-Zavodskaya, Chita 672039, Russian Federation https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-0873

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17308/kcmf.2025.27/13326

Keywords: Natural zeolites, Clinoptilolite, Stilbite, Mechanochemical activation, Electrical conductivity, Potassium hydrosulfate

Abstract

Objectives: The mechanochemical modification of zeolites with the addition of acidic salts causes an increase in the defectiveness of their structure, a change in the dispersion of the powder, and the conductivity of tableted samples. The aim of the study was to obtain mineral samples with improved conductivity using a mechanochemical method from air-dry mixtures of clinoptilolite-stilbite, clinoptilolite rocks and, potassium hydrosulfate in different ratios.

Experimental: The shape and size of particles, chemical and phase composition of powders, and their physical properties were studied using electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray phase analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, infrared spectroscopy, sieve analysis, gravimetry, and air permeability. The electrical conductivity of the tableted samples was measured using a three-electrode circuit in the temperature range from 25 to 100 °C.

Conclusions: The results of the study demonstrated that mechanical treatment of mixtures of zeolites with an acidic salt leads to the amorphization of stilbite and feldspar, polymorphic transformations of quartz into cristobalite and tridymite, and an increase in structural defects. The interaction of components occurs via the silanol groups of clinoptilolite and hydrosulfate groups through the formation of hydrogen bonds and with the involvement of water molecules. It was also established that the electrical conductivity of a mineral tablet sample based on clinoptilolite rock and potassium hydrosulfate in an equimass ratio, subjected to shock-shear action with a mechanical energy dose of 2.16 kJ/g, amounted to 4.26·10–4 S·m–1 at 100 °C. Electrical conductivity values of the same order were obtained earlier for the mechanochemical activation of
natural zeolites with potassium hydrophosphates. Consequently, the hydrosulfate anion does not make a significant contribution to the conductivity of zeolite samples compared to the hydrophosphate anion.

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Author Biographies

Tatyana P. Soloboeva, Transbaikal State University, 30 ul. Aleksandro-Zavodskaya, Chita 672039, Russian Federation

degree candidate, Transbaikal State University, (Chita, Russian Federation)

Olga N. Dabizha, Transbaikal State University, 30 ul. Aleksandro-Zavodskaya, Chita 672039, Russian Federation; I. V. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry of NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 2 emb. Makarova, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russian Federation

Cand. Sci. (Chem.), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Transbaikal State University (Chita, Russian Federation); Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis, I. V. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Андрей Геннадьевич, Transbaikal State University, 30 ul. Aleksandro-Zavodskaya, Chita 672039, Russian Federation

Dr. Sci., Associate Professor, dean of the Faculty of Energy, Transbaikal State University (Chita, Russian Federation)

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