title: Adsorption and radical stabilization of humic-Acid analogues and Pb2+ on restricted phyllomorphous clay.
abstract: Humic acids have stable radicals that are indigenous to their structure. Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives such as gallic acid (GA) and protocatechuic acid are appropriate models for the radical properties of humic acids. Here we show that the adsorption or intercalation of gallic acid in Laponite clay results in a significant thermodynamic stabilization of gallic acid radicals. Moreover, the formed organoclay shows enhanced stability against acid dissolution. The structural details of the association of gallic acid with Laponite depend on the GA/Laponite loading. At low GA/Laponite ratios (approximately 10(-6) M of gallic acid per gram of clay), gallic acid is adsorbed at the variable charge sites of Laponite. This adsorption can be adequately described by surface complexation modeling. At higher GA/Laponite ratios (approximately 10(-3) M of gallic acid per gram of clay), X-ray diffraction data show that gallic acid is intercalated at the interlamellar sites of Laponite. In the presence of Pb2+ ions, the formed GA/Pb complex is associated with Laponite in an analogous structural manner, that is, adsorption at variable charge sites or intercalation at the interlamellar sites of Laponite, depending on the loading. Laponite stabilizes the GA/Pb radicals. At prolonged exposure to ambient O2, Laponite promotes the formation of stable oligomeric GA/Pb radical species, which are intercalated into interlamellar sites.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Seferi 2, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giannakopoulos
authors.forename: Panagiota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stathi
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dimos
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gournis
authors.forename: Yiannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sanakis
authors.forename: Yiannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deligiannakis