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comrlocatermolcataMgrAlhydrotalcites:preparation,characterisationandketonisationofaceticacidKulamaniParida),JasobantaDasRegionalResearchLaboratory,Bhubaneswar751013,Orissa,IndiaReceived28October1998;receivedinrevisedform14May1999;accepted14May1999AbstractMgrAlhydrotalciteswithdifferentMg:AlratioswerepreparedandcharacterizedbyPXRD,FTIR,TGrDTA,basicsitesandnitrogenadsorption–desorptionmethods
ItisconfirmedfromPXRDthatthematerialshavehydrotalcitestructure
ThebasicsitesofthesamplesweredeterminedspectrophotometricallybyirreversibleadsorptionofacidshavingdifferentpKavalueswhichshowedthatthebasicsitesincreaseswithincreaseinMg:Alratio
Thespecificsurfaceareaofallsamplesliesintherange170–231m2rg
Allthesampleswerepredominantlymesoporou