Study of selection and purification of Brazilian bentonite clay by elutriation: a XRF, SEM and Rietveld analysis

Abstract Clays obtained from nature have a lot of impurities. Therefore, for best using of these materials, it is necessary its selection and purification. Thus, the aim of this work is to separate and to purify the smectite fractions using water as a solvent at a low flux mixed with a bentonite cla...

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Main Authors: J. L. Alves, A. E. Zanini, M. E. de Souza, M. L. F. Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica 2016-03-01
Series:Cerâmica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0366-69132016000100002&lng=en&tlng=en