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POLARITY EFFECT ON DICHLOROBENZENE SORPTION BY HEXADECYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM-EXCHANGED CLAYS

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA

E-mail of corresponding author: Boyds{at}pilot.msu.edu

Sorptive properties of organoclays may be greatly influenced by the physicochemical properties of organic sorbates. Hexadecyltrimethylammonium(HDTMA) clays were prepared using a high-charge smectite (HDTMA-SAz-1), a low-charge smectite (HDTMA-SWy-2), and an illite (HDTMA-ILL). The resultant organoclays were used to sorb aqueous phase 1,2-dichlorobenzene (o-DCB), 1,3-dichloro-benzene (m-DCB), and 1,4-dichlorobenzene (p-DCB). Sorptive characteristics of these compounds were determined by their molecular polarities (o-DCB > m-DCB > p-DCB) and the HDTMA-clay interlayer distance. HDTMA-ILL was used for comparison to HDTMA-SAz-1 and HDTMA-SWy-2. All dichlorobenzene isomers were directly intercalated in the interlayers of HDTMA-SAz-1, causing interlayer expansion. o-DCB and m-DCB were not intercalated in the interlayers of HDTMA-SWy-2 at low concentrations, but intercalation occurred at higher concentrations, which caused interlayer expansion. The concentration needed to produce interlayer expansion depended on the solute molecular polarity, hence a higher concentration of m-DCB than o-DCB was required. p-DCB was sorbed primarily by the HDTMA phase on the external surfaces of HDTMA-SWy-2. In the presence of chlorobenzene (CB), p-DCB sorption by HDTMA-SWy-2 is greatly enhanced, owing to the interlayer expansion by CB and a cosolvent effect. Sorption of o-DCB resulted from both direct solvation-type interactions with HDTMA and partitioning into HDTMA. Such sorption results in double-sigmoid isotherms. m-DCB weakly solvates the HDTMA and partitions into the HDTMA, displaying either a double-sigmoid or a type-III isotherm depending on clay type. p-DCB lacks ability to solvate HDTMA and partitions into HDTMA as its sole mechanism, producing type-III isotherms. HDTMA-clays are potentially effective for treating dichlorobenzene-contaminated wastewater.

Key Words: CMS Clay SAz-1 • CMS Clay SWy-2 • Dichlorobenzene • HDTMA • Organoclay • Polarity • Sorption

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