Surface properties and clay mineralogy of hydrated halloysitic soil clays. I: Existence of interlayer K+specific sites
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- Published by Mineralogical Society in Clay Minerals
- Vol. 25 (2), 129-139
- https://doi.org/10.1180/claymin.1990.025.2.01
Abstract
Six deferrated clay (2+-K+exchange equilibria were performed at pH 6 and 0·01nchloride concentration. The amounts of K+specific sites were estimated through a two-site modelling of the exchange isotherm curves. The total and external surface areas of the clays were measured by EGME retention and by the BET treatment of the N2adsorption isotherm, respectively. Relative halloysite content was found to be directly related to all measured surface charge properties,i.e.CEC, amount of K+specific sites, and total and internal surface areas. It was also observed that thermal collapse of halloysitic layers reduced both the CEC and the amount of K+specific sites. All the surface properties observed point to the presence of smectite units intimately associated with halloysite in these clays. The results further suggest that the layer charge of these smectite units differs in different samples.Keywords
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