Na-montmorillonite pellet (Layer #1) | ROMA | SSHADE

Layer

Name: Na-montmorillonite 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

10

Arrangement

homogeneous mixing

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Na-Montmorillonite with adsorbed and interlayer water	homogeneously mixed (with interlayer and adsorbed water)		0.75
	Quartz	homogeneously mixed		0.08	unknown mass fraction: 8% as for SWy-2 ?
	Plagioclase	homogeneously mixed		0.16	unknown mass fraction: 16% as for SWy-2 ?
	Gypsum	homogeneously mixed		0.005	unknown mass fraction: 1% gypsum + mica and/or illite + kaolinite(?) and/or chlorite(?) for SWy-2 (Chipera & Bish 2001)
	Calcite	homogeneously mixed		0.007	unknown mass fraction: 0.4%-1% as for SWy-2 ?
	Dolomite	homogeneously mixed		0.002	unknown mass fraction: 0.2% as for SWy-2 ?)
	Kaolinite	homogeneously mixed		0.013	unknown mass fraction: 1.3% as for SWy-2 ?
	Chlorites	homogeneously mixed		0.002	unknown mass fraction: 0.2% as for SWy-2 ?
	Clinopyroxenes	homogeneously mixed		0.044	Mostly Augite - unknown mass fraction: 4.4% as for SWy-2 ?
	Orthopyroxenes	homogeneously mixed		0.014	unknown mass fraction: 1.4% as for SWy-2 ?