Determining the fiber size of nano structured sepiolite using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Can, M F ^a   Cinar M ^b   Benli, B ^a   Ozdemir O ^c   Celik M S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFM; Clay; Nano fiber; Sepiolite; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION OF WATER; AFM; BROKEN FIBERS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; FIBER DIMENSIONS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; NANO-FIBER STRUCTURE; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSIZES; NATURAL CLAY MINERALS; OPTIMUM STRATEGY; OUTER SURFACE; SEPIOLITE FIBER; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; STABLE SUSPENSIONS; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBERS; NANOFIBERS; SILICATE MINERALS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEPIOLITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 75349112040     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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