Improved calcined clay with a spherical layered structure and its characteristics as a medium for plant growth

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Park, Chong Lyuck ^a   Kim, Byoung Gon ^a   Jeon, Ho Seok ^a   Lee, Gye Seung ^a   Lee, Jae Ryeong ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcined clay; Granulation; Growing medium; Loamless mixes; Spherical layered structure

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SOILS; BULK DENSITY; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CALCINED CLAY; CLAY COMPOSITES; GROWING MEDIA; HIGH-SHEAR GRANULATION; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MIXING METHOD; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PEATMOSS; PH RANGE; PH VALUE; PLANT GROWTH; STARTING MATERIALS;

CALCINATION; GRANULATION; KAOLIN; PH EFFECTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SILICA; SPHERES;

CLAY;

BULK DENSITY; CLAY MINERAL; COMPOSITE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MIXING; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955054320     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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