Amphiphilic layered silicate clay for the efficient removal of organic pollutants from water
Abstract
An amphiphilic smectite clay, interlayered by regularly alternating galleries of organic [C16H33N(C4H9)3 +] and inorganic (Li+ ) exchange cations, is shown to be especially efficient for the removal of a chlorinated aromatic pollutant (2,4-dichlorophenol) from water in comparison to the fully-exchanged hydrophobic form of the same clay.