Noun
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montmorillonite (countable and uncountable, plural montmorillonites)
(mineralogy) Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.
Chlorite does not swell and it has low CEC.sfnsfn *Kaolinite is very common, highly weathered clay, and more common than montmorillonite in acid soils. Source: Internet
In 2003, a clay-methane hydrate intercalate was synthesized in which a methane hydrate complex was introduced at the interlayer of a sodium-rich montmorillonite clay. Source: Internet
It has moderate CEC.sfnsfnsfnsfnsfn *Vermiculite is a mica-based clay similar to illite, but the crystals of clay are held together more loosely by hydrated magnesium and it will swell, but not as much as does montmorillonite. Source: Internet
It is often found together with montmorillonite and its primary minerals. Source: Internet
One plane of silica of montmorillonite is dissolved and is replaced with hydroxyls, which produces strong hydrogen bonds to the oxygen in the next crystal of clay. Source: Internet
The alumino-silicate montmorillonite clay is said to have a 2:1 ratio of silicon to aluminium. Source: Internet