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Hydrothermal transformations of kaolinite at 200 and 250°C in the systems Li2O–Na2O–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O–HCl and Li2O–K2O–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O–HCl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

M. Bentabol ,
M.D. Ruiz Cruz ,
F.J. Huertas  and
J. Linares
M. Bentabol
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga
M.D. Ruiz Cruz*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga
F.J. Huertas
Affiliation:
Estación Experimental del Zaidín, C.S.I.C. Granada, Spain
J. Linares
Affiliation:
Estación Experimental del Zaidín, C.S.I.C. Granada, Spain
*
*E-mail: mdruiz@uma.es
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Abstract

The hydrothermal reaction of kaolinite in the systems Li2O–K2O–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O–HCl and Li2O–Na2O–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O–HCl, at pH between 9 and 11, has been investigated at 200–250°C from 1 to 180 days.The X-ray diffraction study of the K-bearing system indicates that the solid products formed were Li-A(BW) zeolite, crystalline silica, and randomly ordered chlorite-smectite mixed layers, dioctahedral on average, with a chlorite:smectite ratio of ~1:4.Study by electron microscopy reveals, however, the presence of mixtures of very thin particles of smectite, di,trioctahedral chlorite and mixed-layer phases.The X-ray study of the solid products formed in the Na-bearing system reveals that the neo-formed phases were Li-A(BW) zeolite, analcime and partially ordered chlorite-vermiculite mixed-layers with high chlorite:vermiculite ratio. The transmission microscopic study of these phases shows the presence of dioctahedral ‘vermiculitic’ curved particles and di,trioctahedral chlorite-like particles.In both cases, long reaction times cause formation of a 7 Å phase with composition intermediate between kaolinite and serpentine.The composition of the solutions suggests that the stable phases would be chlorite/smectite mixed-layers, with compositions near tosudite in the case of the K-bearing reaction and both a dioctahedral phase (tosudite?) and a trioctahedral one (clinochlore) in the case of the Na-bearing reaction.

Keywords

hydrothermal synthesischloritekaolinitemixed-layer mineralssmectitevermiculitezeolite
Type
Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 281 - 299
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2004

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