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Water Retention by Colloidal Allophane and Imogolite with Different Charges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Jutaro Karube  and
Yukihiro Abe
Jutaro Karube
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami-machi, Ibaraki-ken, 300-0332 Japan
Yukihiro Abe
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ami-machi, Ibaraki-ken, 300-0332 Japan
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Abstract

Water retention curves of colloidal allophane and imogolite with different charges and different pretreatments were measured using a tension plate and a pressure plate apparatus. An irreversible effect of air-drying was found for the water retention of colloidal allophane even for particles of less than 50 nm in Stokes’ diameter collected from air-dried soil. This was attributed to the irreversible submicroscopic aggregation of allophane. Fresh allophane colloids with a low absolute net charge retained more water above −100 J Kg−1 than did highly charged ones due to the formation of a microporous structure. Allophane did not swell under ordinary conditions, but the relatively highly charged allophane recovered water retention above −100 J kg−1 during the wetting process. Imogolite retained 1.5 times more water than Na-montmorillonite at about −650 J kg−1 due to micropores formed by intertwining fibrous particles.

Keywords

AllophaneImogoliteNet ChargepHPressure PotentialWater Retention
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 322 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © 1998, The Clay Minerals Society

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