Characterization of Organic Surfactant on Montmorillonite Nanoclay to Be Used in Bitumen
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 22, Issue 8
Abstract
In the past decades, montmorillonite nanoclay has been used successfully to strongly improve properties of polymers. Similar improvements to nanoclay modified bitumen were expected, so the montmorillonite nanoclay was adopted to modify bitumen. To understand the interaction with bitumen, it was of fundamental importance to know the composition of organic surfactant on montmorillonite nanoclay. Two organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) nanoclays available in the market were studied to characterize the composition of the surfactant through X-ray photoelectron spectrometry and simultaneous differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric (DSC-TG) analysis. From the measurements it could be concluded that there was a difference between the surfactants. One surfactant was composed of two states of nitrogen: quaternary ammonium and probably amine or nitrile. The other surfactant only contained quaternary ammonium. In general, bonds could be detected very well for the two surfactants and there were no other functional groups, such as carboxylic, hydroxyl, ketone, etc. However, it was unclear if the surfactants had bonds. DSC-TG analysis indicated that the two OMMTs showed very different thermal behavior, but at temperatures below no problems were expected.
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The writers appreciate the cooperation between the Delft University of Technology, the Wuhan University of Technology, and Kuwait Petroleum Research and Technology.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 22 • Issue 8 • August 2010
Pages: 794 - 799
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Received: May 15, 2009
Accepted: Dec 10, 2009
Published online: Feb 6, 2010
Published in print: Aug 2010
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