González, BeatrizPérez, Alba HelenaTrujillano, RaquelGil Bravo, AntonioVicente, Miguel Ángel2017-11-152017-11-1520171996-1944 (Electronic)10.3390/ma10080886https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/26152A montmorillonite has been intercalated with Al3+ polycations, using concentrated solutions and clay mineral dispersions. The reaction has been assisted by microwave radiation, yielding new intercalated solids and leading to Al-pillared solids after their calcination at 500 °C. The solids were characterized by elemental chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, thermal analyses, and nitrogen adsorption. The evolution of the properties of the materials was discussed as a function of the preparation conditions. Microwave treatment for 2.5 min provided correctly pillared solids.8 p.application/pdfeng© 2017 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.Al-PILCKeggin polycationConcentrated mediaMicrowave radiationPillared montmorilloniteArtículo / ArtikuluaAcceso abierto / Sarbide irekiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess