Determination of the refractive index of particles in the clay and sub-micrometer size range

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1130-1132

  Weidler, Peter G ^a   Friedrich, Frank ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay; Dispersion coefficient; Layer silicates; Nanocomposites; Optical properties; Refractive index; Small particles

Indexed keywords

CLAY; HEALTH RISKS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; GAUSS FUNCTION; LAYER SILICATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; SIMPLE METHOD; SMALL PARTICLES; SUBMICROMETERS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CLAY MINERAL; LIGHT INTENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 34547470434     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2313     Document Type: Article

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