PMID- 30217008 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 1996-1944 (Print) IS - 1996-1944 (Electronic) IS - 1996-1944 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 9 DP - 2018 Sep 13 TI - Crystalline/Amorphous Blend Identification from Cobalt Adsorption by Layered Double Hydroxides. LID - 10.3390/ma11091706 [doi] LID - 1706 AB - In this study, the adsorption behavior of CaAl-Cl layered double hydroxide (CaAl-Cl-LDH) with a controlled pH value (pH = 6) on Co(II) ions ([Co] = 8 mM) is investigated. The comprehensively accepted mechanism of cobalt adsorption on LDH is considered to be co-precipitation, and the final adsorbed products are normally crystalline Co-LDH. One unanticipated finding is that crystalline/amorphous blends are found in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of Co-adsorbed LDH. To shed light on the adsorption products and the mechanisms in the adsorption process of Co(II) in an aqueous solution by CaAl-Cl-LDH, a series of testing methods including Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) are applied to clarify the interaction between cobalt and CaAl-Cl-LDH. According to the comprehensive analysis, the formation of the crystalline/amorphous blends corresponds to two adsorption mechanisms. The crystalline phases are identified as Co(6)Al(2)CO(3)(OH)(16).4H(2)O, which is attributed to the co-precipitation process occurring in the interaction between Co(II) and CaAl-Cl-LDH. The formation of the amorphous phases is due to surface complexation on amorphous Al(OH)(3) hydrolyzed from CaAl-Cl-LDH. FAU - Chi, Lin AU - Chi L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8700-0254 AD - School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China. chilin8958@163.com. AD - Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of the Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. chilin8958@163.com. AD - Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation of Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. chilin8958@163.com. FAU - Wang, Zheng AU - Wang Z AD - School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China. wangz@163.com. AD - Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of the Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. wangz@163.com. AD - Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation of Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. wangz@163.com. FAU - Sun, Yuan AU - Sun Y AD - School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China. qwertyburning@163.com. AD - Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of the Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. qwertyburning@163.com. AD - Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation of Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. qwertyburning@163.com. FAU - Lu, Shuang AU - Lu S AD - School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China. hitlu@126.com. AD - Key Lab of Structures Dynamic Behavior and Control of the Ministry of Education, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. hitlu@126.com. AD - Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation of Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China. hitlu@126.com. FAU - Yao, Yan AU - Yao Y AD - China Building Materials Academy, Beijing 100024, China. yy@cnbm.com.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180913 PL - Switzerland TA - Materials (Basel) JT - Materials (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101555929 PMC - PMC6164505 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CaAl-Cl-LDH OT - amorphous Al(OH)3 OT - cobalt COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. EDAT- 2018/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2018/09/16 06:01 PMCR- 2018/09/13 CRDT- 2018/09/16 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/09/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/09/16 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ma11091706 [pii] AID - materials-11-01706 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ma11091706 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Materials (Basel). 2018 Sep 13;11(9):1706. doi: 10.3390/ma11091706.