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Electron-Optical Study of Smectites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

J. Mering and
A. Oberlin
J. Mering
Affiliation:
École de Physique et Chimie Industrielles, rue Vauquelin, Paris V, France
A. Oberlin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Minéralogie-Cristallographie, Faculté des Sciences, 1 rue Victor Cousin, Paris V, France
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Abstract

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The combined use of electron microscopy and of selected area diffraction (SAD) has been applied to the study of montmorillonites from Wyoming and from Camp-Berteaux, of nontronite, and of hectorite. The study shows that only the elementary layers of the Wyoming montmorillonite and of the nontronite are single two-dimensional crystals. The elementary layers of the montmorillonite from Camp-Berteaux are formed by edge-to-edge associations of very small elements with mutual orientations of about 60° or multiples of 60°. The layers of hectorite are formed by edge-to-edge association of laths with fluctuations of orientation of the order of 10° rotation around adjoining edges. The SAD patterns of Wyoming montmorillonite show that the single layer plane symmetry group of this mineral is c1m1; nontronite layers belong to the symmetry group c2mm. The study of thick particles shows that in turbostratic smectites the layers are stacked with mutual rotations around the perpendicular to their plane. This mode of stacking explains the absence of hkl reflections. High resolution diffraction (HRD) patterns obtained with sample inclined to the electron beam show that only the structure of hectorite approaches the ideal model; nontronite and montmorillonite exhibit appreciable distortions with respect to the ideal model. HRD diagrams provide precise information for the refinement of the crystal structures of smectites

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Type
Symposium on Electron-Optical Study of Smectites
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 15 , February 1967, pp. 3 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © 1967, The Clay Minerals Society

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Translated from the original French by G. W. Brindley.

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