Preparation and Characterization of Activated Sericite Modified by Fluorosilicate and Acid

Abstract:

Although sericite belongs to 2:1 clay minerals, it hardly has intercalation properties because it has high layer charge density, which produces pretty strong electrostatic force. Therefore, the purpose of activation is to permanently reduce the layer charge of sericite and obtain numbers of exchangeable cations. The original sericite (S₀) was sintered at 800 °C for 1 h. After that, thermal-treated sericite (S₁) was activated with sodium fluosilicate and nitric acid, whose effects were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, chemical analysis and zeta electric potential analysis. The dissolving-out amount of Al³⁺ of acid-treated product (S₂) reached circa 65 mg/g at the optimal processing conditions. After sodium modification with NaCl, CEC of final resulting product (S₃) was increased to 14.34 meq/100g compared with that of original sericite (4.94 meq/100g). The results of chemical analysis and zeta electric potential analysis indicated that acid activation with sodium fluosilicate and nitric acid decreased the layer charge of sericite.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 512-515)
• Pages: 661-665
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.512-515.661
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Yue Bo Wang, Hao Ding, Le Fu Mei, Wei Jiang
• Keywords: Acid Activation, Fluorosilicate, Layer Charge, Sericite

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