ORGANIC-COMPOUND EFFECTS ON SWELLING AND FLOCCULATION OF UPTON MONTMORILLONITE

We conducted an investigation of the effect of eight soluble organic compounds, representing different kinds of structures and fractional groups, on the swelling and flocculation of sodium saturated Upton montmorillonite. In general, we found that increases in the concentration of the compounds that ionize in water decreased swelling and increased flocculation to a greater extent than those that remained un-ionized, ie, electrically neutral. -from Authors