Clays surface charging

Heterogeneity of clay surface charge, which may result in... 

Analytic surface charge of clay plates known accurately from the chemical formula of the clay surface charge in situ measured qualitatively by neutron diffuse scattering (see Chapter 8)... 

Soluble Salt Flotation. KCl separation from NaCl and media containing other soluble salts such as MgCl (eg, The Dead Sea works in Israel and Jordan) or insoluble materials such as clays is accompHshed by the flotation of crystals using amines as coUectors. The mechanism of adsorption of amines on soluble salts such as KCl has been shown to be due to the matching of coUector ion size and lattice vacancies (in KCl flotation) as well as surface charges carried by the soflds floated (22). Although cation-type coUectors (eg, amines) are commonly used, the utUity of sulfonates and carboxylates has also been demonstrated in laboratory experiments. 

Of the various inorganic soil constituents, smectites (montmorillonite clays) have the greatest potential for sorption of pesticides on account of their large surface area and abundance in soils. Weak base pesticides, both protonated and neutral species, have been shown to be sorbed as interlayer complexes. Sorption of atrazine on smectites ranges from 0 to 100% of added atrazine, depending on the surface charge density of the smectite (36). 

Monovalent cations are good deflocculants for clay—water sHps and produce deflocculation by a cation exchange process, eg, Na" for Ca ". Low molecular weight polymer electrolytes and polyelectrolytes such as ammonium salts (see Ammonium compounds) are also good deflocculants for polar Hquids. Acids and bases can be used to control pH, surface charge, and the interparticle forces in most oxide ceramic—water suspensions. 

Clay minerals or phyllosilicates are lamellar natural and synthetic materials with high surface area, cation exchange and swelling properties, exfoliation ability, variable surface charge density and hydrophobic/hydrophilic character [85], They are good host structures for intercalation or adsorption of organic molecules and macromolecules, particularly proteins. On the basis of the natural adsorption of proteins by clay minerals and various clay complexes that occurs in soils, many authors have investigated the use of clay and clay-derived materials as matrices for the immobilization of enzymes, either for environmental chemistry purpose or in the chemical and material industries. 

The results indicate that persistence of organosilicone surfactants in the parent molecule form will be limited on typical soil media and in aqueous environments. Reduced recovery was considered to be a result of abiotic degradation and/or strong sorption processes. Losses were most significant on solid media exhibiting extreme pH values and were also enhanced in the presence of clay substrates. Studies on clays indicated that pH, potential for intercalation and surface charges are important factors in the removal process. 

Similarly, isomorphous replacement of the A1 atom by Mg atoms in networks of aluminum oxide octahedra leads to a negatively charged lattice. Clays are representative examples where such atomic substitution causes the charge at the phase boundary. Sparingly soluble salts also carry a surface charge because of lattice imperfections. 

Halloysite-10A represents a structure with few if any interlayer cations, allowing one to investigate the relatively simple case of water interacting with a clay surface. Similarly, ice-like models have been proposed for water adsorbed on smectite and vermie-ulite surfaces (2, 12, 12). These represent cases of charged clay layers with adsorbed exchangeable cations. 

Because of isomorphic substitution of ions in the crystalline lattice of layer silicates, many clay surfaces have a net negative charge which results in the abi-... 

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