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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2002 Jul;66(1):011303. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.011303. Epub 2002 Jul 22.

Synchrotron x-ray scattering studies of water intercalation in a layered synthetic silicate.

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics

G J da Silva, J O Fossum, E DiMasi, K J Måløy, S B Lutnaes

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway. [email protected]

PMID: 12241350 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.011303

Abstract

Synchrotron x-ray diffraction studies were performed on a synthetic layered silicate Fluorohectorite clay. Diffraction patterns along the stacking direction were obtained in surface reflection and bulk transmission geometries on bulk pressed samples under controlled temperature and relative humidity. One-dimensional structure factors modeling the positions of the intercalant atoms have been obtained for three stable hydration states. From the narrow (00l) peak widths we conclude that well-crystallized domains consist of stacks of about 100 platelets, forming crystallites of the order of 0.1 microm thick. These crystallites have an orientational angular distribution of about 24 degrees around the stacking direction and represent the solid framework for microporosity in these samples.

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