TY - JOUR ID - scholars4773 KW - Amines; Ammonium compounds; Ethanolamines; Intercalation; Positive ions; Structure (composition) KW - BET surface area; Intercalation mechanisms; Intercalation process; Interlayer spaces; Monoethanolamine; Surface characteristics; Tertiary amine; X-ray diffractograms KW - Bentonite N2 - The present study investigates the effects of intercalation process of protonated primary, secondary and tertiary amines on structural and surface characteristics of sodium form of bentonite clay. For this purpose, sodium form of bentonite clay was prepared and then exchanged with mono-, di- and triethanolammonium cations via intercalation mechanism into the interlayer space of the clay. The prepared samples were characterized by XRD and BET techniques. An increase in the dspacing of bentonite clay with the molar mass of amines was observed in their x-ray diffractograms, following the order of: triethanolamine > diethanolamine > monoethanolamine. The BET results showed a gradual decrease in the BET surface area with the increase in the molar mass of amines used. Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that the molar mass of amines has significant effects on structural and surface properties of bentonite clay. © 2014 Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. VL - 625 JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials A1 - Elkhalifah, A.E.I. A1 - Bustam, M.A. A1 - Shariff, A.M. A1 - Ullah, S. A1 - Shimekit, B. A1 - Riaz, N. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84914129401&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMM.625.98&partnerID=40&md5=9aec25a9069014308749e6ca8f68dbe9 Y1 - 2014/// SP - 98 TI - Effects of intercalated mono-, di- and triethanolammonium cations on the structural and surface characteristics of sodium form of bentonite N1 - cited By 1; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2014 ; Conference Date: 3 June 2014 Through 5 June 2014; Conference Code:114811 AV - none EP - 101 PB - Trans Tech Publications Ltd SN - 16609336 ER -