According to the design criterion [8-10], the highest temperature in the engineered barrier system ought not to exceed 100[degrees]C because the
smectite may undergo a mineralogical alteration exposed to alkaline/salt pore fluids at high temperature [11-14].
(2015) studied the evolution of the mechanical properties of kaolinite-smectite mixtures and showed that the compression index, the swelling index and the friction angle were highly dependent on the
smectite amount; Hattab et al.
A small amount of
smectite is found in interlayers, denoting the presence of few swelling clay minerals.
* Note: K-Kaolinite, C-Chlorite, I-Illite, S-Smectite, I/S-illite
smectite mixed layer, %S-the content of
smectite in mixed-layer minerals of illite and
smectite.
Smectite, illite, chlorite, kaolinite, palygorskite, sepiolite and mixed-layer illite-smectite are the common minerals found in the geological deposits.
The release of NEK from illite, vermiculite and
smectite may increase the availability of K, while fixation of K ions by
smectite, vermiculite and illite decreases its availability (Najafi Ghiri et al.
Investigators who were trying to improve drug delivery using a type of clay--spray-dried
smectite clay particles, to be exact--discovered that it has "a unique ability to 'soak up' fat droplets in the gut," according to a statement from the University of South Australia, Adelaide.
During eogenesis, the Chichali and Lumshiwal formation have experienced mechanical compaction; chemical dissolution of the unstable grains, formation of
smectite and illite (Figs.