title: Al-pillared montmorillonite clay minerals: low-pressure CO adsorption at room temperature.
abstract: Three kinds of Al-pillared montmorillonite clay minerals (AlPMON) ion-exchanged with cobalt(II), nickel(II), or copper(II) ions were prepared (abbreviated as CoAlPMON, NiAlPMON, or CuAlPMON, respectively). For the 673-K- and 873-K-treated samples, carbon monoxide (CO) adsorption measurement was performed at room temperature under an atmosphere of low CO pressure. The 873-K-treated CuAlPMON sample exhibited more efficient adsorption properties for CO molecules, in comparison with both-temperatures-treated CoAlPMON and NiAlPMON samples and the 673-K-treated CuAlPMON sample. In addition, irreversibly adsorbed CO was present only on the CuAlPMON sample that had been treated at 873 K; the sites responsible for strong CO adsorption were formed in the sample after the pretreatment at the higher temperature.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. itadani@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Itadani
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Mahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagao