Definition of Smectites. Meaning of Smectites. Synonyms of Smectites

- 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...
- 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...
- (October 2006). "Influence of layer charge and charge distribution of smectites on the flow behaviour and swelling of bentonites". Applied Clay Science...
- known as montmorillonite. Diosmectite is a contraction of "dioctahedral smectite". Its effectiveness in improving stool consistency is the result of its...
- expandable smectites, whereas in older rocks (especially in mid-to early Paleozoic shales) illites predominate. The transformation of smectite to illite...
- composite of smectite and palygorskite. Smectites are expanding lattice clays, of which bentonite is a commonly known generic name for smectite clays. The...
- Hydrobiotite Karpinskite Kulkeite Lunijianlaite Rectorite Saliotite Tosudite Smectites and vermiculite family Beidellite Ferrosaponite Montmorillonite Nontronite...
- 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...
- resolution. Fe/Mg-smectites are the dominant spectra detected by CRISM at Mawrth Vallis with spectra falling between nontronite, an Fe-smectite, and hectorite...