Abstract
We have compared the microwave-hydrothermal (M-H) processing with conventional hydrothermal (C-H) processing in the preparation of two layered anion exchangers, i.e., Mg3Al(OH)8NO3 · nH2O and Ni1-xZn2x(OH)2(CH3COO)2x · nH2O. Both these phases can be crystallized more rapidly (an order of magnitude) under M-H processing compared to C-H processing. The above layered mixed basic salt of Ni and Zn was found to exhibit very high selectivity for PO4≡ (Kd = 15,000). Its order of selectivity for various anions in the presence of 0.1 N NaCl (ratio of Cl- to anion in question is 100) increases as follows: PO4≡ ≫ SO4= > NO3- .
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1866-1869 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Research |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1996 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering