Material
Name
Na-Montmorillonite with adsorbed and interlayer water
Origin
natural terrestrial
Comments
Mass fraction (without H2O) estimated: 0.85 +/-0.1 for 25-50µm grain fraction (probably > 0.75 for raw and < 0.87-0.95 for < 2µm size) - Contain 0.11 of Saponite - weakly consolidated aggregates of < 2µm particles with complex shape often elongated and relatively far from spheroids. Surface area: N2 area: 31.82 +/- 0.22 m2/g (Vogt et al. 2002)
Relevance
main - major
Mass
0.396 $\pm$ 0.0456 $g$
Mass fraction
0.85 $\pm$ 0.1
Texture
clay-like
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 25.0 ${\mu}m$ 50.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 aggregate
Size method
dry sieving between 25 and 50 µm meshs, without grinding
Number
2
Arrangement
single phase
  Name Compound type Arrangement Mass ($g$) Mass fraction Adsorbat name
Na-Montmorillonite phyllosilicate single phase 0.39 1.0 $\pm$ 0.001
Adsorbed water physically adsorbed phase sorbed phase 0.006 0.0151515151515152 $\pm$ 0.00325987144168962 Na-Montmorillonite