文摘
This study reveals ion exchange kinetics in hydrated calcium-alumino layered double hydroxides of the alumino-ferrite monosubstituent (AFm) subgroup. By careful analysis of solution phase (ion) concentrations and the solid phases, the rate of exchange of NOb>3b>– for Cl– ions from the interlayer positions is studied across a range of temperature, solution compositions, and solution conditions (i.e., static and convectively mixed). Ion exchange kinetics conform to an exponential first-order reaction that follows an Arrhenius formalism. The activation energy of ion exchange is 38.2 ± 4.6 kJ/mol for exchange occurring in the thermodynamically preferred (i.e., NOb>3b>– for Cl– ion exchange) direction and it is 1.8 times greater for the inverse less-preferred pathway. For ion exchange occurring in the favored direction NOb>3b>-AFm converts to Cl-AFm; whereas in the disfavored (less-favored) direction, the compositional change occurs in two steps with the formation of a Cl–NOb>3b>–AFm solid solution as an intermediate step; before Cl– species are exhausted and NOb>3b>-AFm forms as the product. By comparison of ion exchange rates in static and mixed solutions, transport through the Nernst diffusion layer (NDL) is identified as the rate-limiting step in ion exchange kinetics.