Quantitative determination of the interlamellar volume in an interstratified mica-smectite soil clay
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Mineralogical Society in Clay Minerals
- Vol. 15 (2), 175-191
- https://doi.org/10.1180/claymin.1980.015.2.08
Abstract
Two well-characterized soils containing substantial amounts of interstratified mica-smectite have been examined by a combination of techniques in an attempt to correlate the characteristics of the interlamellar surfaces with other properties. The techniques used included XRD and chemical analyses, determination of surface area by nitrogen sorption and by desorption of water and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether vapour, and determination of cation exchange capacity. Reasonable agreement was found between the results obtained for the proportion of expanding or smectite-like surfaces, although estimates by XRD, especially when coarser material (> 2/µm) was included, were generally lower than those obtained by the other methods. The mean density of charge on the surfaces of the soil clays appeared to be similar to that of smectite. The decrease in porosity observed for both soils dried by the critical point method was largely accounted for by the decrease in volume associated with the loss of interlamellar water from the smectite-like interlamellar surfaces included within the clay fraction.Keywords
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