Abstract
Complete urea-intercalation of a low reactivity kaolinite from Birdwood has been carried out by co-grinding with urea in the absence of water (mechanochemical intercalation). The effectiveness of mechanochemical intercalation was compared to solution intercalation by X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (TG, DTG), diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared (DRIFT) spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In aqueous solution of urea the Birdwood kaolinite was intercalated with difficulty and only 12% intercalation was achieved. After 2h of co-grinding with solid urea, complete (100%) intercalation was attained. The possible explanation of complete intercalation is that co-grinding of Birdwood kaolin with solid urea can remove the high-defect kaolinite coating, which prevents the intercalation of the low-defect kaolinite particles. The mechanochemical treatment increased the degree of intercalation and in parallel reduced the amount of the crystalline kaolinite phase.
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