Colloidal and Thermal Stability of Three‐Component Hybrid Materials Containing Clay Mineral, Polysaccharide and Surfactant

Abstract

The paper presents the colloidal and thermal stability of the three‐component hybrid materials containing halloysite, polysaccharides (alginic acid, cationic cellulose and hydroxyethyl cellulose) and Tritons. TX‐100, TX‐165 and TX‐405 were used as non‐ionic surfactants. Stability and other properties of the hybrid materials were tested by the following methods: UV‐Vis, TGA (thermogravimetric analysis) and DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), CHN (elemental analysis), SEM‐EDX (scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X‐Ray spectroscopy) and tensiometry. According to the results with the increasing polymer concentration the colloidal stability of the tested systems also increases. Moreover, the addition of the surfactants causes the increase of polysaccharide adsorption but the colloidal stability of the tested systems decreases due to large weights of formed aggregates. As follows from the thermal analysis, the comparison of the TG/DTG‐DSC curves obtained for the investigated polymers confirms that their thermal decomposition courses have some common features. The obtained results have the application potential in the formation of the materials for the pollutants removal from water and sewages.