In order to identify the key steps and the driving force for the hydration process of swelling
clays, the water adsorption isotherms and enthalpies were measured on monoionic …

The osmotic character of long-range interlamellar swelling in smectite clays is widely
accepted and has been evidenced in the interlayer space by X-ray diffraction. Such a …

Important structural modifications occur in swelling clays upon water adsorption. The multi-
scale evolution of the swelling clay structure is usually evidenced by various experimental …

Swelling clays have been extensively studied to remove contaminants from aqueous
solution. This research aimed at elucidating the mechanism of adsorption of acridine orange …

Solid–liquid interfacial phenomena play an essential role in our everyday lives and are often
regarded as the outcome of interactions at the solid–liquid interface. However, the intricately …

Four clays (two bentonites and two kaolinites) from Turkey were investigated by X-ray
diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (DTA/TG-DSC) and surface area measurement …

We present a numerical approach which accounts for nucleation, growth and/or resorption of
particles of fixed composition in aqueous solutions, and which involves functionalities suited …

Three bentonites from Turkey were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray
fluorescence (XRF), differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetric analysis (TG) …

The effect of a prior firing of three montmorillonite clays, exhibiting different nature of
interlayer cations, on the rheological behaviour of related aqueous suspensions (5 and …

Dehydration of a series of homoionic alkali-exchanged montmorillonites is studied at
different treatment temperatures by means of thermogravimetric analysis. More specifically …