Global Cooling Unearthed by MIT: Tectonic Clay
An accordion-textured clay called smectite efficiently traps organic carbon and could help buffer global warming over millions of years. MIT geologists have found …
Манай Clays Smectite бутлуурын үйлдвэрийн зураг төсөл
Smectite: Clay Mineral Produced by Plate Tectonics Linked to …
MIT geologists have found that a clay mineral on the seafloor, called smectite, has a surprisingly powerful ability to sequester carbon over millions of years.
Smectite clay minerals: properties and uses | Semantic Scholar
The physicochemical properties of smectite clay minerals that determine their industrial utilization are reviewed. Smectite is the name used for a group of phyllosilicate mineral …
Colloidal properties of different smectite clays
The properties of colloid generated from the different clays were related to the clay bulk properties, in particular: the smectite content, the composition of interlayer …
Microstructure of Smectite Clays and Engineering Performance
A model for hydraulic conductivity of compacted bentonite – inclusion of microstructure effects under confined wetting. Hydraulic behaviour of compacted …
Synthesis of smectite clay minerals; a critical review
New information about the formation mechanisms, impact of structural features on surface properties, and long-term stability of smectites can best be gained …
A comprehensive review on clay swelling and illitization of …
This paper provides a thorough review to provide the concise and summarized information underlying in the illitization of bentonite, by covering basic clay mineralogy, …
First-principles study of illite–smectite and implications for …
To evaluate the energetics of illite–smectite clays, and to test models A and B, we performed first-principles quantum mechanical calculations based on density …
Smectite Clay Nanoarchitectures: Rational Design and …
Among the different types of clays, the smectite clays are the most studied class due to their swelling capacity, which allows the intercalation of positive charge …
Crystalline structure of smectite clay minerals
Download scientific diagram | Crystalline structure of smectite clay minerals from publication: Proton conductivity in Al-stevensite pillared clays | Fine stevensite mineral …