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Synthesis of nontronite and other Fe-rich smectites: a critical review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2018

S. Petit ,
F. Baron  and
A. Decarreau
S. Petit*
Affiliation:
Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers - IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
F. Baron
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique - LPG, UMR CNRS 6112, Université de Nantes, F-44300 Nantes, France
A. Decarreau
Affiliation:
Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers - IC2MP, UMR CNRS 7285, Université de Poitiers, F-86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
*
*E-mail: sabine.petit@univ-poitiers.fr
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Abstract

The synthesis of clay minerals has been studied for decades in an attempt to better understand their formation in natural environments and more recently to obtain clay minerals with controlled compositions and properties. Even though nontronite has been synthesized successfully since 1935, the process is not a straightforward and has been poorly documented. In the present review concerning the synthesis of nontronite and other Fe-rich smectites, the experiments attempted in the past are discussed critically in light of the most recent data. Most notably, the application of relationships established recently, thanks to synthetic smectitic series, have allowed us to refine the chemical compositions of some nontronites synthesized previously.

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nontroniteironsynthesishydrothermalclay mineralssmectiteredox
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Clay Minerals , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 469 - 483
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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