Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part I: Structure evolution

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 994-1006

  Ferrage, Eric ^a   Kirk, Caroline A ^a   Cressey, Gordon ^a   Cuadros, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Diffusion; Mixed layering; Montmorillonite; Order disorder; Smectite; Smectite water; Water in smectite interlayer; XRD data

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; HYDRATION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL SENSORS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; POSITIVE IONS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

INTERLAYER THICKNESS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MIXED LAYERING; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; SMECTITES; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CALCIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; MONTMORILLONITE; SMECTITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34547491205     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2396     Document Type: Article

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