Tracked changes of dolomite into Ca-Mg-Al layered double hydroxide

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Tracked changes of dolomite into Ca-Mg-Al layered double hydroxide

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Applied Clay Science,?
Volume 159,?
June 2018,?
Pages 25-36

NingMaoa Chun HuiZhouabc John?Keelingd Saverio?Fioree Hao?Zhanga Liang?Chena Gui Chen?Jina Ting Ting?Zhua Dong ShenTonga Wei Hua?Yua

a: Research Group for Advanced Materials & Sustainable Catalysis (AMSC), State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China

b: Key Laboratory of Clay Minerals of Ministry of Land and Resources of The People's Republic of China, Engineering Research Center of non-metallic minerals of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resource, Hangzhou 310007, China

c: Centre for Future Materials, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia

d: Geological Survey of South Australia, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Adelaide, 5000, Australia

e: Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council of Italy, Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

Received 17 January 2017, Revised 7 June 2017, Accepted 11 June 2017, Available online 3 July 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2017.06.011
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Abstract

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Dolomite?is a widespread?carbonate mineral?that has been investigated extensively over the past two centuries. Despite the high level of investigation, aspects of the environmental conditions of?crystallization,?diagenesis?and dissolution remain elusive and the transformation of dolomite into other?value-added products?is still challenging. This work shows a novel, cleaner method to dissolve dolomite by?taking advantage?of the?acidity?from the?hydrolysis?of Lewis acid AlCl3?and as such the mineral can be efficiently converted into Ca-Mg-Al layered double?hydroxide?(LDH). The dolomite and the resulting Ca-Mg-Al LDH samples were characterized by?powder X-ray diffraction?(XRD),?Fourier?transformed?infrared spectroscopy?(FT-IR),?thermogravimetric analysis?(TG),?scanning electron microscopy?(SEM) and?transmission electron microscopy?(TEM). The composition of the products was measured by energy dispersive spectrometer-mapping (EDS-mapping), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and?atomic absorption spectroscopy?(AAS).?Particle sizes of?the products were measured by a dynamic?light scattering?method. It is documented, for the first time, that dissolution of dolomite in AlCl3?aqueous solution is facilitated by?hydrothermal treatment. Well-crystallized Ca-Mg-Al LDH crystals are achieved under (Ca?+?Mg): Al?molar ratio?=?1:1, pH?=?10.5 via a simple?co-precipitation?method. The maximum utilization efficiencies of Ca2+, Mg2+?from dolomite to LDH are 36.3% and 95.5%, respectively. The possible mechanisms of LDH formation were: 1) the dolomite dissolved in the strong acid solution due to the hydrolysis of AlCl3?and thus provided Ca2+?and Mg2+; 2) with addition of NaOH, Al3+?cations precipitated to form Al(OH)3?(at 8.3?≤?pH?≤?9.3) and then part of the Al(OH)3?reacted with Ca2+?and Mg2+?to form the Ca-Mg-Al LDH; 3) at pH?=?10.5, the Al(OH)3?was transformed as [AlO(OH)] and meanwhile Ca2+, Mg2+?and Al3+?took part in the formation of Ca-Mg-Al LDH; 4) when pH?=?10.6, [AlO(OH)] reacted with NaOH to dissolve into [Al(OH)4]? and the [Al(OH)4]? finally co-precipitated with Ca2+?and Mg2+?to form the Ca-Mg-Al LDH during heating for drying.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2017.06.011

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169131717302636