Na-Montmorillonite SWy-2 - 25-50 mic grains (Layer #1) | GhoSST | SSHADE

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Layer

Name: Na-Montmorillonite SWy-2 - 25-50 mic grains

Physical characteristics

Type of layer: granular
Thickness: 3.0 $\pm$ 0.2 $mm$
Mass: 0.46 $\pm$ 0.01 $g$
Texture: earthy
Type of porosity: open pores
Porosity: 0.53
Density: 0.65 $g.cm^{-3}$

Formation conditions

Formation mode: manual deposition
Temperature: 298.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $K$
Pressure: 970.0 $\pm$ 20.0 $None$
Comments: The sample holder is filled to rim with the non-compacted sample powder and then slightly packed with a tamper to obtain a flat and smooth surface

Materials in layer

Number

11

Arrangement

single material

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Na-Montmorillonite with adsorbed and interlayer water	homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water)		0.81
	Quartz	homogeneously mixed		0.06
	Plagioclase	homogeneously mixed		0.05
	Gypsum	homogeneously mixed		0.005
	Calcite	homogeneously mixed		0.005
	Illite	homogeneously mixed		0.001
	Dolomite	homogeneously mixed		0.002
	Kaolinite	homogeneously mixed		0.013
	Chlorites	homogeneously mixed		0.002
	Clinopyroxenes	homogeneously mixed		0.044
	Orthopyroxenes	homogeneously mixed		0.014