Clay Mineral - An Overview
their small size and large ratio of surface area to volume gives clay minerals a set of unique properties, including high cation exchange capacities, catalytic

clays and clay minerals are found mainly on or near the sur- face of the earth. physical and chemical properties of clays. the characterististics common to all
their small size and large ratio of surface area to volume gives clay minerals a set of unique properties, including high cation exchange capacities, catalytic
the physical properties that are normally important relate to their use in the manufacture of structural clay products such as bricks and tiles. these properties are
this chapter describes properties and behavior of iron in clay minerals. the effects of structural iron on clay mineral properties have been reviewed by stucki
abstract. computed values are given for the thickness of the water film adsorbed on the surfaces of the various clay minerals when clays composed of such
rock in this sense includes soils, ceramic clays, clay shales, mudstones, glacial these are all characterized by the presence of one or more clay minerals,
the surface properties of clay minerals are a function of the chemical composition and nature of the surface atoms, extent and type of defect sites, layer charge,
most of these are thermally stable and hold as pillars to allow a porous structure in the interlayer space. the resulting complexes, often called pillared clays, exhibit
only clay minerals that could be identified with any degree of certainty were duce the engineering properties of clays and clay soils as normally defined; (b) to
their small size and large ratio of surface area to volume gives clay minerals a set of unique properties, including high cation exchange capacities, catalytic
the types and characteristics of clay minerals depends on their origin of occurrences. commonly clay minerals are formed over a long period of time by gradual
surface charges play a major role in determining the interactions of contaminants with soils. the most important sources of soil charges are clay mineral colloids,
clay minerals are layer silicates that are formed usually as products of chemical sodium smectite will retain its water-tight properties so long as the slurry is
their small size and large ratio of surface area to volume gives clay minerals a set of unique properties, including high cation exchange capacities, catalytic
one of the basic characteristics of heavy soils is their capacity to change their volume, which is induced by swelling and shrinking processes. these processes
the small size of the particles and their unique crystal structures give clay materials special properties, including cation exchange capabilities, plastic behavior when wet, catalytic abilities, swelling behavior, and low permeabilities.
using a global soil map, a global dataset of soil clay-size mineral clay lends the properties of viscosity and plasticity to wet soils and causes