Comparative study of ground and sonicated vermiculite |
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Authors: | Luis A Pérez-Maqueda María C Jiménez de Haro Juan Poyato José Luis Pérez-Rodríguez |
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Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, CSIC-UNSE, c/Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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Abstract: | The aim of this work is to compare the effects of grinding and ultrasonic treatment on vermiculite. Sonication produces a drastic change in particle size (mass median particle diameter 2.4 μm, layer thickness 38 nm), while the resulting material is crystalline as assayed by X-ray diffraction patterns. The TEM study shows that the sonicated vermiculite consists of nanometric flakes. On the other hand, grinding produces particles with medium diameter in the range of about 9 μm and very broad particle size distribution. X-ray and TEM studies of ground sample show an important alteration with grinding time. Prolonged grinding of vermiculite produces the loss of long-range order and eventually an amorphous product is obtained. The results show that grinding treatment produces a decrease of particle size, amorphization and agglomeration of the particles, whereas the ultrasound treatment only produces a decrease of particle size. |
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