Hydration of bentonite clay by X-ray and neutron scattering

dc.contributor.author	Desa, J.A.E.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-04T03:34:07Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-04T03:34:07Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.citation	American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conf. Proc. , 1447. 2012; 197-198.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4709948?ver=pdfcov
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/2829
dc.description.abstract	Bentonite clay when hydrated increases its volume several fold to form a pliable mass. X-ray diffraction showed that as hydration increases, the crystalline peaks due to kaolinite, calcite and quartz are gradually replaced by an amorphous background while the crystalline reflections of montmorillonite remain. Hydration is known to occur through the inclusion of the hydroxyl radical within the layered structure of the clay. Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) data on the dry and hydrated clay confirm the water uptake as found from the level of incoherent scattering at higher values of Q.
dc.subject	Physics	en_US
dc.title	Hydration of bentonite clay by X-ray and neutron scattering	en_US
dc.type	Conference article	en_US