Production of Layered Hydrotalcite Using Tapai as Fuel

Abstract

Lamellar hydrotalcite (HT) was synthesized in the laboratory following combustion method. Tapai fueled HT was found to exhibit more orderly packed microstructure and was more crystalline in nature than its urea fueled counterpart, particularly at higher combustion temperature. The pore structure of tapai fueled HT resembled that of bottle neck with possibility of tapered with open-end that might also be present. The crystal size of tapai fueled HT was larger than urea fueled HT but greater size reduction was experienced by the former material, suggesting that more energy might have been supplied to the sample to disintegrate the particles, since tapai has higher and cleaner carbohydrate source than urea.