Adsorção de fenol e benzeno em montmorilonita modificada com brometo de hexadeciltrimetilamônio (Adsorption of phenol and benzene in montmorillonite modified with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide)

This study evaluates the intercalation of the smectite dioctahedric state of Acre, Brazil, with the quaternary ammonium salt bromide, hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA) at concentrations ranging from 1 to 5 times the value of the original clay CEC and its application in the adsorption of phenol and benzene in the liquid phase. The materials were characterized by microanalysis X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy /energy dispersive spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy. The adsorption processes were carried out in simple systems and measurements of the concentrations of phenol and benzene were performed by spectrophotometry in the ultraviolet region. The results indicated that the intercalation of smectite with HDTMA provided approximately 78.8 expansion (range d 001 : 1.47 nm to 1.91 nm) and sharp decrease of the interlayer positions of elements such as Na, Ca, Mg and K, together by delamination/exfoliation of the clay original. In adsorption processes of phenol and benzene at HDTMA-arg 5 the following results were obtained: q max = 4.44 and 35.8 mg.g -1 ; K L = 0.076 and 0.115 L.g -1