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Adsorption of methylene blue on sepiolite gels: spectroscopic and rheological studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

A. J. Aznar ,
B. Casal ,
E. Ruiz-Hitzky ,
I. Lopez-Arbeloa ,
F. Lopez-Arbeloa ,
J. Santaren  and
A. Alvarez
A. J. Aznar
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales—Madrid, CSIC
B. Casal
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales—Madrid, CSIC
E. Ruiz-Hitzky
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales—Madrid, CSIC
I. Lopez-Arbeloa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del Pais Vasco
F. Lopez-Arbeloa
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química Física, Universidad del Pais Vasco
J. Santaren
Affiliation:
Departamento de I&D, Tolsa, SA, Spain
A. Alvarez
Affiliation:
Departamento de I&D, Tolsa, SA, Spain
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Abstract

The adsorption isotherm of methylene blue (MB) on sepiolite gels is of the Langmuir type, indicating a great affinity of the MB towards the sepiolite; the adsorption is quantitative up to adsorption of MB of 0·1 mmol/g sepiolite. The differences observed in the absorption spectrum in the region 500–650 nm for different MB loadings are interpreted in terms of aggregation of MB molecules on the sepiolite surface with the formation of MB dimers, trimers and higher aggregates. The progressive coverage of the sepiolite surface by MB produces a sharp decrease in the viscosity of the gels, and the suspension becomes peptized for an MB loading of 0·21 mmol/g which corresponds to the adsorption of MB dimers. These results indicate that MB avoids particle-to-particle interactions. The viscosity decrease is parallel to the perturbation of the Si-OH groups on the sepiolite surface as observed by IR spectroscopy, suggesting that these silanol groups can also play an important role in the rheological behaviour of aqueous sepiolite dispersions.

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Clay Minerals , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 101 - 108
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1992

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