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Differentiation of kaolinite from chlorite by treatment with dimethyl-sulphoxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

S. González García
Affiliation:
Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada de Salamanca, Spain
M. Sánchez Camazano
Affiliation:
Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada de Salamanca, Spain

Abstract

Results from previous work on clay-mineral complexes with dimethyl sulphoxide are taken as a starting point for the development of a method to identify kaolin in the presence of chlorite. The use of this method with artificial mixtures of these minerals, and with soil clays allows the detection of kaolin when it is present in an amount higher than 5%, through the formation of a mono-layer complex with a basal spacing of 11.8 Å. Details for the use of the method are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1968

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