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Laser Shadow Analysis of Particle-Size Distribution of Montmorillonites in Aqueous Suspensions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

S. Yariv  and
I. Lapides
S. Yariv
Affiliation:
Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
I. Lapides*
Affiliation:
Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
*
*E-mail address of corresponding author: isaac8@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Particle-size analysis (obtained by Galai CIS 1) was used to determine the following statistical parameters of aqueous suspensions of Na-, Ca- and Mn-montmorillonite: the size distributions, the diameters of the largest and of the median and mean particles, and the percentage of particles with diameters <1.5 µm. Dilution or shaking had almost no effect on the particle-size distribution curves and statistical parameters of Ca- and Mn-montmorillonites but the curves and the statistical parameters of Na-montmorillonite were very much affected by these treatments. The median and mean diameters of Na-montmorillonite range from 0.8 to 10.5 µm and 0.8 to 11.6 µm, respectively, the median and mean diameters of Ca-montmorillonite range from 1.5 to 3.6 µm and 2.12 to 4.2 µm, respectively, and those for Mn-montmorillonite from 1.2 to 2.3 µm and 1.5 to 2.5 µm, respectively. The presence of large particles of Na-montmorillonite was attributed to the extensive swelling of this clay in aqueous suspensions by osmotic water adsorption. The median and mean diameters of aged Na-montmorillonite suspensions indicate that swelling increases with dilution. The swelling of Ca- and Mn-montmorillonite, on the other hand, is limited and their particle size does not increase with dilution.

Keywords

HydrationLaser-based Size AnalysisMontmorilloniteParticle-size DistributionSwelling

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 23 - 32
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Copyright © 2003, The Clay Minerals Society

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