The Sol Concentration Effect in Clay Swelling

FIGURE 5.1 (a) The geometry of the LOQ scattering experiments, (b) A contour plot of a typical neutron-scattering pattern. The momentum transfers (A-1) perpendicular and parallel to the silicate layers lie along the vertical and horizontal axes, respectively. 

Real Salt Concentrations (mM) in Neutron-Diffraction Experiments and Laboratory Tc Experiments 

FIGURE 5.2 I(Q) (arbitrary units) vs. Q patterns obtained at 2°C for four different samples. The top panel shows the four traces obtained from the four different samples prepared at r = 0.05, c = 0. The lower panel shows the four traces obtained at r = 0.1, c = 0.001 M. 

Having determined d as a function of r and c, we proceeded to do the same for Tc. Although we have no theoretical prediction for this quantity, an investigation of 

Interlayer c/-Values and Phase Transition Temperatures Tc at 16 r,c Points Obtained by Neutron Diffraction Experiments 

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