Abstract
In this paper, new information on physical and chemical properties of the widely used nanostructured Halloysite mineral are reported. Given that the Halloysite has a tubular structure formed by a variable number of wrapped layers containing Si–OH and Al–OH groups, their proton binding affinity was measured at different ionic strengths and ionic media by means of potentiometric measurements in heterogeneous phase. One protonation constant for the Si–OH groups and two for the Al–OH groups were determined. The protonation constant values increase with increasing of the ionic strength in all the ionic media. This suggests that the presence of a background electrolyte stabilizes the protonated species through the formation of weak complexes between ions of the supporting electrolytes and the protonated species. Ten weak species were determined with different stoichiometry. It was shown that the interactions do not depend on the nature of the supporting electrolytes but on the charge. The surface charge of Hall...
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