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Adsorption by Montmorillonite, and its Relation to Surface Adsorption

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THE nature of the forces giving rise to the intra-crystalline swelling of montmorillonite has been several times discussed. The recent work of Bradley1 and of myself2,3,4 on the swelling caused by adsorption of organic liquids enables us to get a clearer view of the problem, because these liquids form well-defined complexes in which the influence of the exchangeable ions is less marked than with water.

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MACEWAN, D. Adsorption by Montmorillonite, and its Relation to Surface Adsorption. Nature 162, 935–936 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162935a0

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