Effect of pressure on kaolinite nanomorphology under wet and dry conditions. Correlation with other kaolinite properties

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Aparicio, P ^a   Galan E ^a   Valdre G ^b   Moro, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Fractal dimension; Influence of pressure; Kaolin nanomorphology; Kaolin properties modification; Kaolinite order; Roughness; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

AFM; INFLUENCE OF PRESSURE; ROUGHNESS; SEM; TEM;

CRYSTALS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; KAOLINITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROUGHNESS; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 70349741333     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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