Cationic clay conductivity

Conductive electrodes based on metal oxide, e.g., indium-tin oxide (TTO), are widely used in electrochemistry as a support for surface modification with the goal to develop sensors with electrochemical transduction or combined spectroscopic and electrochemical responses or electrochemiluminescence. Inorganic thin films can also be prepared from the assembly of two-dimensional layered inorganic solids, such as cationic clays and layered double hydroxides (LDHs, also defined as anionic clays). These materials can be used to preconcentrate species on the basis of ion-exchange reactions and applied to heavy metal determination or for the detection of organic pollutants. 

Physico-chemical parameters investigated included pH, electrical conductivity (1 2.5, soilr O), TOM (Walkley-Black Method), and silt and clay content (Stake s method). Exchangeable cations, K, Na, Mg, Ca, Fe and Mn, were determined by extraction with 0.1M BaC and subsequent... 

Most laboratory experiments demonstrating the utility of EO transport of organic compounds were conducted with kaolinite as the model clay-rich soil medium. Shapiro et al. (1989) used EO to transport phenol in kaolinite. Bruell et al. (1992) have shown that TCE can be transported down a slurry column by electroosmotic fluid flow, and more recently, Ho et al. (1995) demonstrated electroosmotic movement of p-nitrophenol in kaolinite. Kaolinite is a pure clay mineral, which has a very low cation exchange capacity and is generally a minor component of the silicate clay mineral fraction present in most natural soils. It is not, therefore, representative of most natural soil types, particularly those which are common in the midwestem United States. The clay content can impact the optimization and effectiveness of electroosmosis in field-scale applications, as has recently been discussed by Chen et al. (1999). 

Keller (1964) reported that Ca is the dominant exchangeable cation on mont-morillonite in equilibrium with river water. In sea water Ca and also Na (Carroll and Starkey, 1960) tend to be replaced by Mg which becomes the dominant exchangeable cation. In many ancient clays, Na is the most abundant exchangeable cation therefore, this abundance of Na appears to be inconsistent with the above data. Recently Hanshaw (1964) conducted exchange experiments with compacted clays and found that the order of cation selectivity is dependent upon whether a clay is dispersed or compacted. He found that compacted montmorillonite preferred cations in the following order K+> Na+>H+>Ca2 +>Mg2 +. It may be that in dispersed marine mont-morillonites Mg is the predominant exchange cation, but as the mud is compacted by burial, Na replaces a portion of the Mg. This has been confirmed by Weaver and Beck (1971a). 

The three-layered clay mineral montmorillonite (bentonite) is characterised by a low-hydraulic conductivity and a capacity to bind water molecules and positively charged ions (cations). As such, water-saturated compacted bentonite powder is used as a hydrological barrier in areas such as waste disposal, for example around land-fill sites where the desire is to prevent leakage of contaminants from the land-... 

To minimize the indane, 99, formation, dimerization was conducted in two-phase systems containing toluenesulfonic acid,354 sulfuric acid,355 356 electrophilic transition-metal complexes,357 the polymeric solid-state acid Nafion,358 359 metal oxide solid-state catalysts such as tungstophosphoric acid,360 various zeolites,361 362 mixed oxides,363 and montmorillonite clay in the presence of organic solvents.364 365 The major limitation of the cationic approach, however, is the unavoidable formation of internal isomer 100. Since isomer 100 is inert in radical polymerization, the lower the content of isomer 100, the higher activity of the 98 mixture. Even in the very best cases, its presence is never less than 5—15%. 

If we reconsider K —Na exchange on smectite, nearly ideal two-ion exchange behavior is seen when the process is conducted in 0,01 MNaCl that is, the selectivity coefficient Ks is fairly constant. On the other hand, if the electrolyte concentration is very low, Na cations, and to a lesser extent cations, are exchanged from the clay by protons (more precisely, HjP ions) generated from carbonic acid dissociation. As a result, the apparent value of Ks, if based on the incorrect assumption that only... 

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