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Preparation and properties of potassium-vermiculite films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Caroline Minker-Villemin ,
Paul Bowen ,
Jacques Lemaître  and
Terry A. Ring
Caroline Minker-Villemin
Affiliation:
Powder Technology Laboratory (LTP), Materials Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Paul Bowen
Affiliation:
Powder Technology Laboratory (LTP), Materials Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Jacques Lemaître
Affiliation:
Powder Technology Laboratory (LTP), Materials Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Terry A. Ring
Affiliation:
Powder Technology Laboratory (LTP), Materials Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Flexible films of vermiculite have been prepared from aqueous suspensions after swelling by cation exchange and mechanical delamination. Two different swelling cations, lithium and butylammonium, have been investigated. The degree of swelling and delamination during the suspension preparation was characterized by the percentage of water reabsorbed by dried clays and the adsorption of methylene blue. The vermiculite saturated with lithium ions is more easily delaminated but contains more water than those saturated with butylammonium. Good quality coherent flexible films could be prepared from both the lithium and butylammonium exchanged vermiculites but the high percentage of water found in the films has a detrimental effect on their dielectric properties. To reduce the amount of water in the exchanged vermiculites a second ion exchange with potassium, a less hydratable cation, was investigated. Films prepared after exchange with potassium showed significant improvements in their dielectric properties, with a dielectric constant ∈ around 10 and a dissipation factor tan δ around 0.06 at 25 °C and a frequency of 1 kHz.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 228 - 236
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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