Materials Research (Mar 2005)

Brazilian organoclays as nanostructured sorbents of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons

  • Kleberson Ricardo de Oliveira Pereira,
  • Rosângela Abdala Hanna,
  • Marilda Mendonça Guazzelli Ramos Vianna,
  • Carolina Afonso Pinto,
  • Meiry Gláucia Freire Rodrigues,
  • Francisco Rolando Valenzuela-Diaz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-14392005000100014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 77 – 80

Abstract

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Organophilic clays were prepared using a bentonite from the town of Boa Vista, state of Paraíba, Brazil, and a quaternary ammonium salt (Genamin CTAC-50). The materials obtained were characterized by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. The results showed a good gasoline, toluene, diesel fuel and kerosene adsorbing capacity.

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