Author(s)

Khaled Hosni, Ezzeddine Srasra

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In this study, Mg-Al-CO₃ hydrotalcite was synthesized from a kaolinite as natural source aluminium using two simple methods. The first method uses the kaolinite in natural solid state, the second method use the filtrate of the kaolinite after dissolution by acidic solutions. The structure of the materials was characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) measurements.

Hydrotalcite, Kaolinite, Layered Compound, XRD, Memory Effect

K. Hosni and E. Srasra, "Using Kaolinitic Clay for Preparation of a Hydrotalcite-Like Compound," Materials Sciences and Applications, Vol. 2 No. 6, 2011, pp. 684-691. doi: 10.4236/msa.2011.26094.