Thermal properties of Co-, Ni- and Cu-exchanged montmorillonite with 3-hydroxypyridine

Thermal analysis (TG, DTG), powder diffraction analysis (RTG) and infrared absorption spectra (IR spectra) were used to study of release of 3-hydroxypyridine (3-OHpy) from Co-, Ni- and Cu-exchanged montmorillonite (Co-MMT, Ni-MMT, Cu-MMT). It was found that release of 3-OHpy under heating from Co- and Ni-MMT proceeds in three distinct steps while from Cu-MMT in four steps. The first step can be assigned to the release of physically sorbed 3-OHpy while the last one corresponds to the lattice dehydroxylation. The second step (Co-, Ni-MMT) and/or second and third steps (Cu-MMT) can be assigned to release of chemically bonded 3-OHpy. This investigation shows that studied exchanged montmorillonites predominantly exhibit Lewis acid character. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.