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Some mineralogical and physical interpretations of the free- swelling characteristics of montmorillonite-water systems

Abstract

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Free-swelling properties of montmorillonites in water systems were studied using X-ray diffraction techniques. Four specimen type montmorillonites (Wyoming bentonite, Otay bentonite, hectorite and nontronite) and several soil clays were selected. In Phase I of the study the differential swelling properties were related to the type of cation on the exchange complex and to variations in the mineralogical properties of the montmorillonites.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Agronomy
Department dc:contributor.department
Agronomy
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1965

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Fink, Dwayne Harold
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Rich, Charles I.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Dunton, H. L.
  • Hutcheson, Thomas B. Jr.
  • Wightman, James P.
  • Parsons, William A.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-08012012-040701
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39008

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Fink, Dwayne Harold. Some mineralogical and physical interpretations of the free- swelling characteristics of montmorillonite-water systems. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 1965. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39008