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Title: The direct synthesis of organic-containing clays and thermal analysis of porphyrin-clay complexes

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OSTI ID:5976985

Synthetic TMA-montmorillonites have now been made in conjunction with synthetic porphyrin-hectorites reported earlier. In order to help progress towards preparation of porphyrin-containing aluminosilicate clays, the thermal stability of porphyrin-clay systems has been examined in detail. Results from TGA and Py-GC-MS indicate that the porphyrin nucleus is extremely stable in the present of clay minerals. Substituents on the nucleus such as pyridinium or anilinium are, on the other hand, slightly destabilized. In addition, the presence of transition metals like Fe(III) in metalloporphyrins appears to catalyze decomposition of the porphyrin nucleus to some degree. The use of Py-GC-MS in conjunction with TGA results greatly clarified the assignment of weight loss peaks. 18 refs., 3 figs.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5976985
Report Number(s):
ANL/CP-72964; CONF-910402-12; ON: DE91011862
Resource Relation:
Conference: 201. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, Atlanta, GA (USA), 14-19 Apr 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English