Cation-exchange capacity (CEC) of zeolitic volcaniclastic materials: Applicability of the ammonium acetate saturation (AMAS) method

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 688-696

  Kitsopoulos, Konstantinos P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ammonia Electrode; Ammonium Acetate Saturation (AMAS) Method; Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC); Clinoptilolite; Greece; Kjeldahl Ammonia Distillation; Mordenite; Polyegos; Santorini; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); ZEOLITES;

AMMONIUM ACETATE SATURATION (AMAS) METHOD; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC); CLINOPTILOLITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICP-MS); ZEOLITIC VOLCANICLASTIC MATERIALS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; ZEOLITE;

GREECE;

EID: 0033500472     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.1999.0470602     Document Type: Article

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