Photodegradation of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene on Montmorillonite–TiO2 Nanocomposites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of the Catalysts
2.2. Characterization Techniques
2.3. Reactivity Studies
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | SiO2 | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | MnO | MgO | CaO | Na2O | K2O | TiO2 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | 55.80 | 15.92 | 1.41 | 0.04 | 5.58 | 1.69 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 80.77 |
MTi1 | 42.65 | 11.48 | 0.98 | 0.04 | 4.08 | 1.18 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 22.71 | 83.36 |
MTi2 | 49.51 | 13.57 | 1.17 | 0.04 | 4.80 | 1.40 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 14.16 | 84.84 |
Sample | SiO2 | Al2O3 | Fe2O3 | MnO | MgO | CaO | Na2O | K2O | TiO2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | 69.09 | 19.71 | 1.75 | 0.05 | 6.91 | 2.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.26 |
MTi1 | 69.09 | 18.60 | 1.59 | 0.06 | 6.61 | 1.91 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 36.79 |
MTi2 | 69.09 | 18.94 | 1.63 | 0.06 | 6.70 | 1.95 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 19.76 |
Sample | Dried | Calcined |
---|---|---|
M | 13.60 | 9.57 |
MTi1 | 34.37 | 9.87 |
MTi2 | 14.01 | 9.66 |
Sample | Dried | Calcined | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SBET (m2/g) | Sext (m2/g) | Vm (cm3/g) | SBET (m2/g) | Sext (m2/g) | Vm (cm3/g) | |
M | 49 | 49 | 0.001 | 80 | 64 | 0.009 |
MTi1 | 233 | 226 | 0.007 | 134 | 118 | 0.009 |
MTi2 | 193 | 173 | 0.012 | 117 | 103 | 0.008 |
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González, B.; Muñoz, B.; Vicente, M.A.; Trujillano, R.; Rives, V.; Gil, A.; Korili, S. Photodegradation of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene on Montmorillonite–TiO2 Nanocomposites. ChemEngineering 2018, 2, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020022
González B, Muñoz B, Vicente MA, Trujillano R, Rives V, Gil A, Korili S. Photodegradation of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene on Montmorillonite–TiO2 Nanocomposites. ChemEngineering. 2018; 2(2):22. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020022
Chicago/Turabian StyleGonzález, Beatriz, Bárbara Muñoz, Miguel Angel Vicente, Raquel Trujillano, Vicente Rives, Antonio Gil, and Sophia Korili. 2018. "Photodegradation of 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene on Montmorillonite–TiO2 Nanocomposites" ChemEngineering 2, no. 2: 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020022