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- Scientists used a special method to break apart a material called magadiite that was mixed with certain chemicals.
- They used techniques like Soxhlet extraction and ultrasound to change how the material looked and its properties.
- After testing, they found that the broken magadiite had a bigger surface area compared to the original, which means it could be more useful in different applications.
Article Abstract
Disaggregated magadiite was obtained through ion-exchange in acidic media from magadiite intercalated in the synthesis with cetyltrimethylamonium cations. The combination of Soxhlet extraction and ultrasound during the procedure resulted in different morphology and different properties when compared with the pristine material, as observed by SEM. Thermal and surface properties studies performed by VT-XRD, TG, VT-FTIR, HETCOR SS-NMR, and N2 physisorption show that disaggregated magadiite presents a basal space of 1.35 nm and that [SiO4] entities of adjacent magadiite silicate layers connect during ion-exchange under ultrasound. Despite these bonding events, the surface area increased from 20-26 m(2) g(-1) in CTA-magadiite to 55-72 m(2) g(-1) in disaggregated magadiite.
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