%0 Journal Article
%T FT-IR Spectroscopy Applied for Surface Clays Characterization
%A Paul Djomgoue
%A Daniel Njopwouo
%J Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology
%P 275-282
%@ 2161-489X
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jsemat.2013.34037
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The present paper should be considered
as a review o</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">f</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the
application of Fourier Transform Infra-Red for surface clay characterization. The
application of surface clay materials for water treatment, oil adsorption, excipients
or as active in drugs ha</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> largely increased these recent years. The surface clay material presents
hydroxyl groups, which can link very easily water molecules. These hydroxyl groups
can react with organic groups and by their vibration in the infra-red re</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">gion, FT-IR can be easily used as a technical
method for surface clay characterization. In this paper</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> we focus on the determination of Lewis
and Bronsted acid sites on </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">clay surface, a critical review of the sample preparation, the sur</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">face characterization of bulk clay and
the modified surface clay samples using FT-IR spectroscopy.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p></o:p></span>
</p>
%K Clay Materials
%K Surface Clays
%K Hydroxyls
%K Surface Acidity
%K IR Spectroscopy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=38269