Adsorption and Radical Stabilization of Humic-Acid Analogues and Pb2+ on Restricted Phyllomorphous Clay
Humic acids have stable radicals that are indigenous to their structure. Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives such as gallic acid (GA) and protocatechuic acid are appropriate models for the radical properties of humic acids. Here we show that the adsorption or intercalation of gallic acid in Laponite cla...
Saved in:
Published in | Langmuir Vol. 22; no. 16; pp. 6863 - 6873 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Washington, DC
American Chemical Society
01.08.2006
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | Humic acids have stable radicals that are indigenous to their structure. Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives such as gallic acid (GA) and protocatechuic acid are appropriate models for the radical properties of humic acids. Here we show that the adsorption or intercalation of gallic acid in Laponite clay results in a significant thermodynamic stabilization of gallic acid radicals. Moreover, the formed organoclay shows enhanced stability against acid dissolution. The structural details of the association of gallic acid with Laponite depend on the GA/Laponite loading. At low GA/Laponite ratios (∼10-6 M of gallic acid per gram of clay), gallic acid is adsorbed at the variable charge sites of Laponite. This adsorption can be adequately described by surface complexation modeling. At higher GA/Laponite ratios (∼10-3 M of gallic acid per gram of clay), X-ray diffraction data show that gallic acid is intercalated at the interlamellar sites of Laponite. In the presence of Pb2+ ions, the formed GA/Pb complex is associated with Laponite in an analogous structural manner, that is, adsorption at variable charge sites or intercalation at the interlamellar sites of Laponite, depending on the loading. Laponite stabilizes the GA/Pb radicals. At prolonged exposure to ambient O2, Laponite promotes the formation of stable oligomeric GA/Pb radical species, which are intercalated into interlamellar sites. |
---|---|
Bibliography: | istex:C92B913B6511F17B90AA77A0143F11165D5781C7 ark:/67375/TPS-BP984F7T-5 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0743-7463 1520-5827 |
DOI: | 10.1021/la053273m |