Ethylene glycol and glycerol complexes of smectites and vermiculites
- 1 December 1966
- journal article
- Published by Mineralogical Society in Clay Minerals
- Vol. 6 (4), 237-259
- https://doi.org/10.1180/claymin.1966.006.4.01
Abstract
The complexes formed by ethylene glycol, HOCH2.CH2OH, and by glycerol, HOCH2.CHOH.CH2OH, with smectites (montmorillonite-saponite group), and vermiculites have received more attention than any other group of organo-silicate complexes. This interest arose in the first place from their use for identification purposes as proposed by MacEwan (1944, 1946) and by Bradley (1945b). Over the years, increasing attention has been given to the manner in which these complexes vary with the nature of the mineral, the magnitude and source of the charge on the silicate layers, and the number and kind of the exchangeable cations between the layers. The layer charge is determined most reliably from the full chemical analysis of a mineral, but more commonly is estimated from a measurement of cation exchange capacity.Keywords
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