Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Haky, Jerome E.
Abstract
Three aluminum organophosphonate compounds; aluminum phenylphosphonate, aluminum octylphosphonate, and aluminum octadecylphosphonate, have been synthesized by refluxing aluminum nitrate with an excess of the appropriate organophosphonic acid in aqueous, methanol, or butanol solvents respectively. Each of these compounds was found to have pillared layered structures and ligand to metal ratios of 2:1. Additionally, these compounds were shown to exhibit cation exchange properties. In contrast to that observed for conventional cation-exchange resins, the exchange capacities of these compounds are larger for small cations, such as Li+ and Na+, than for larger ions such as Na+ and K+. The results indicate a size selectivity which is directly related to the accessibility of these ions to the exchangeable sites of these compounds.
Extent
98 p.
Recommended Citation
McCormack, Rupert Garth, "Synthesis characterization and ion exchange properties of aluminum phosphonates" (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 311.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/311
Identifier
FADT12748
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.