1. The Influence of Heat Pre-Treatment on the Sorption of Water Vapour on Bentonite
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Mladen Eić, David Hradil, Věra Pacáková, A. Zikánová, Milan Kočiřík, Pavel Mokrejš, and Karel Štulík
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Pre treatment ,General Chemical Engineering ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Sorption ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,General Chemistry ,complex mixtures ,Nitrogen ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Montmorillonite ,Adsorption ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,Bentonite ,Water vapor - Abstract
Sorption isotherms of water vapour on bentonite from the Rokle locality of northwest Bohemia in the Czech Republic were measured and analysed after being treated with heat. Protracted sorption measurements were performed at 30∘C in the range of water vapour relative pressures between 0.12 and 0.94. Prior to sorption measurements, the bentonite samples were exposed to flowing dry nitrogen for 18 hours at 115, 220 and 300∘C. Compared to the sample heated at 115∘C, the bentonite samples that were treated at 220 and 300∘C exhibited a decrease in water vapour sorption capacity. This decrease in sorption capacity was accompanied by structural changes that were confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis.
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- 2005