Abstract

Djamal Eddine Kherroub^1,*, Mohammed Belbachir¹, Saad Lamouri²

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/300424

The aim of this work is to obtain an organophilic montmorillonite with Algerian modified clay (termed 12-maghnite). The organic surfactant used in this preparation is 12-aminolauric acid. The functionalization of the organophilic clay was confirmed by infrared spectroscopy (IR). The obtained organoclay was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) which shows a remarkable increase of the basal distance that reaches up to 17.62 Å. The transmission electron microscopy analysis (TEM) supports fully the result obtained by XRD analysis. The novelty of this work is the exploitation of local clay that is widely available, inexpensive and has excellent properties and high quality features, which make it the subject of continuing research. These results will be a starting point and an essential reference for a comparative study, with the results of future works concerning the synthesis of Polymer/12-Maghnite nanocomposites.

Montmorillonite; 12-Maghnite; Surfactant; Preparation; Characterization

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