Polymeric nanocomposites have attracted considerable interest due to this material offers unusual combinations of properties. The smectite clays are commonly used as the dispersed phase to obtain nanocomposites, in particular, bentonite clays. esthearildimethyl ammonium chloride. In this work three bentonite clay without modification and after modification with salt or organophilization stearyl dimethyl ammonium chloride were studied. The cation exchange capacity (CEC) of bentonite clay was carried out without modification. The efficiency of organophilization was evaluated by X-ray fluorescence and the degree of expansion of the organoclay by X-ray diffraction. The 1346 clay showed higher CEC than that of other clays. In addition, the results indicated that organophilization clays with quaternary ammonium salt, which was observed by the presence of salt in the basal spacing of clay and the expansion of the basal reflection d001 clays.
bentonite clay; organoclay; nanocomposites
