Powder X-ray Diffraction Determination of Phyllosilicate Mass and Area versus Particle Thickness Distributions for Clays from the Athabasca Oil Sands
- 19 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Petroleum Science and Technology
- Vol. 26 (3), 307-321
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10916460600806069
Abstract
Bitumen recovery from Athabasca oil sands is known to be affected by the clay component. This effect increases dramatically with decreasing particle sizes of the constituent clay minerals. The present work comprises a mineralogical study of distinct size-fractions of clays from the Athabasca oil sands. Mass and area versus thickness distributions per unit weight of phyllosilicate-mineral component are obtained by Bertaut analysis of measured XRD peak profiles for the first 00ℓ reflection. Distributions for both kaolinite and illite components from distinct size-fractions correlate with particle size. The powder pattern for the smallest size-fraction (< 0.1 μm) is shown to correspond to delaminated illite particles.Keywords
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