- interlayer). As the
interlayer space of
smectites is more open and so more
easily accessible to
water and cations,
smectites exhibit the
highest cation-exchange...
- similarities.
Smectite group which includes dioctahedral smectites, such as montmorillonite,
nontronite and beidellite, and
trioctahedral smectites, such as...
- (October 2006). "Influence of
layer charge and
charge distribution of
smectites on the flow
behaviour and
swelling of bentonites".
Applied Clay Science...
- is
named after Montmorillon in France. Montmorillonite, a
member of the
smectite group, is a 2:1 clay,
meaning that it has two
tetrahedral sheets of silica...
-
expandable smectites,
whereas in
older rocks (especially in mid-to
early Paleozoic shales)
illites predominate. The
transformation of
smectite to illite...
- silt and less than 40% clay are
called loam. Some clay
minerals (such as
smectite) are
described as
swelling clay minerals,
because they have a
great capacity...
-
known as montmorillonite.
Diosmectite is a
contraction of "dioctahedral
smectite". Its
effectiveness in
improving stool consistency is the
result of its...
-
proportion of
other clay
minerals such as
illite (in
cooler climates) or
smectite (in
drier climates) increases. Such
climatically related differences in...
-
composite of
smectite and palygorskite.
Smectites are
expanding lattice clays, of
which bentonite is a
commonly known generic name for
smectite clays. The...
-
minerals have been
weathered to clay
minerals like kaolinite,
illite or
smectite.
Among the
three major types of rock,
fossils are most
commonly found in...
