7Li double quantum filtered NMR and multinuclear relaxation rates of clay suspensions: the effect of clay concentration and nonionic surfactants
7Li double quantum NMR spectra were used to investigate ordering process of synthetic Li+-saponites dispersed in water. Synthetic clays suspended in aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene glycol) monoalkyl ethers were also studied by 7Li, 23Na, and 13C NMR techniques. The strongest surfactant-Li+-saponite interaction occurs with the lowest charged clay. Laponite interacts more strongly with organic molecules than does a similarly charged saponite. The number of oxyethylene units rather than the chain length seems to govern the solid-surfactant interaction. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.