Comparison of techniques for determining the fractal dimensions of clay minerals

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 677-685

  Malekani, Kalumbu ^a   Rice, James A ^a   Lin, Jar Shyong ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Clay; Fractal; NMR; Small angle x ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERAL; FRACTAL DIMENSION; NMR; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

EID: 0030428417     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1996.0440511     Document Type: Article

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