90% Na-montmorillonite + 10% kaolinite pellet (Layer #1) | ROMA | SSHADE

Layer

Name: 90% Na-montmorillonite + 10% kaolinite pellet

Physical characteristics

Type of layer: pellet
Thickness: 0.8 $mm$
Mass: 0.5 $g$
Texture: compact fine grained
Type of porosity: closed pores

Formation conditions

Formation mode: pressing granular material
Temperature: 30.0 $^{\circ}C$
Pressure: 400.0 $bar$

Materials in layer

Number

13

Arrangement

homogeneous mixing

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Kaolinite			0.096
	Anatase			0.003
	Crandallite			0.001
	Na-Montmorillonite with adsorbed and interlayer water	homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water)		0.675
	Quartz	homogeneously mixed		0.07200000000000001	unknown mass fraction: 8% as for SWy-2 ?
	Plagioclase	homogeneously mixed		0.14400000000000002	unknown mass fraction: 16% as for SWy-2 ?
	Gypsum	homogeneously mixed		0.0045000000000000005	unknown mass fraction: 1% gypsum + mica and/or illite + kaolinite(?) and/or chlorite(?) for SWy-2 (Chipera & Bish 2001)
	Calcite	homogeneously mixed		0.0063	unknown mass fraction: 0.4%-1% as for SWy-2 ?
	Dolomite	homogeneously mixed		0.0018000000000000002	unknown mass fraction: 0.2% as for SWy-2 ?)
	Kaolinite	homogeneously mixed		0.0117	unknown mass fraction: 1.3% as for SWy-2 ?
	Chlorites	homogeneously mixed		0.0018000000000000002	unknown mass fraction: 0.2% as for SWy-2 ?
	Clinopyroxenes	homogeneously mixed		0.039599999999999996	Mostly Augite - unknown mass fraction: 4.4% as for SWy-2 ?
	Orthopyroxenes	homogeneously mixed		0.0126	unknown mass fraction: 1.4% as for SWy-2 ?