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The kinetics of dehydroxylation of kaolinite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

S. A. T. Redfern
S. A. T. Redfern*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ
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Abstract

The dehydroxylation of kaolinite has been investigated by isothermal thermogravimetry. Kinetic analysis using the Avrami equation shows that a combination of atomic mechanisms operates throughout the temperature range 734 K to 890 K. An empirical activation energy of 222 kJ mol-1 was calculated from the Arrhenius relationship using rate constants based on diffusion and homogeneous models. The activation energy (Ea) was calculated for a series of degrees of dehydroxylation by the time to a given fraction method, showing an increase in Ea during the early stages of the reaction. The isothermal plots indicate that OH is retained in the final stages of the reaction. The observations are explained in terms of a reaction mechanism in which kaolinite grains dehydroxylate from the edges inwards, parallel to (001).

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 447 - 456
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1987

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