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Some notes on attapulgite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Robert H. S. Robertson
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Summary

As both attapulgite clays and some montmorillonite clays are termed “fuller's earths” in the literature, a comparison is made between the physical properties of the two groups of material, with special reference to those which are important commercially.

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Clay Minerals Bulletin , Volume 0 , Issue 4 , October 1950, pp. 125 - 131
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1950

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