Structural Studies of Natural Montmorillonites

  • Murad AlSawalha Assistant professor, department of Chemical & Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City, PO Box 10099, 31961, Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, Murad_s@jic.edu.sa
  • Obra Edwin Lecturer, Department of Chemical & Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, obra_e@jic.edu.sa
  • Roessner Frank Prof. Dr., Dr. h.c. Chemical Technology II Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany, email: frank.roessner@unioldenburg.de
Keywords: Natural Montmorillonites, SEM/EDS, Chemical composition, Clay.

Abstract

Four different natural Jordanian Montmorillonites: diatomite, zeolite, bentonite, and kaolinite (white
and red kaolinite) without any further purification or treatments were characterized by FTIR and SEM/EDS
techniques. FTIR validated the existence of silanol and hydroxyl group bridges on the clay surface, while
SEM verified the chemical composition SEM/EDS and the morphological structure of the Jordanian clays.
The results confirmed the presence of silanol and hydroxyl links on the samples surface and the existence of
some ions on the natural Montmorillonites.

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Published
2019-11-18
How to Cite
AlSawalha, M., Edwin, O., & Frank, R. (2019). Structural Studies of Natural Montmorillonites. Sorbtsionnye I Khromatograficheskie Protsessy, 16(6). Retrieved from https://journals.vsu.ru/sorpchrom/article/view/1407