Abstract
Different concentrations of cetyl trimethylammonium bromide solutions were cation exchanged with bentonite clay mineral, at room temperature. The resulting organoclays were characterized by elemental analysis C and N, X-ray diffraction and thermal gravimetric analysis. The evolved gases during the calcination of organoclays were identified by online mass spectrometry coupled with thermal gravimetry technique. Meanwhile, in situ X-ray diffraction was used to have insight on the thermal stability of the organoclays in air atmosphere. X-ray diffraction at room temperature indicated that a disorder transition phase from bilayer to paraffin configuration occurred at higher surfactant-cation exchange capacity ratios, with two phases at 3.25 and 2.00nm, respectively. The in situ X-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of these two phases with improved reflections intensities in the range of 100–200°C. Above this temperature, both phases collapsed due to the decomposition of the surfactants as recorded by mass spectrometry thermal gravimetric analysis.
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