Journal
CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 700-704Publisher
CLAY MINERALS SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520604
Keywords
clay microporosity; micropore-size distribution; soil microporosity; surface area
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Limited information is available on microporosity in soils. A study was undertaken to investigate the micropore characteristics of four soil samples, with different particle-size distributions, and four natural silicate clay minerals. Specific surface area and the differential micropore-size distribution were taken into account to characterize the microstructure of the soils and clays. The micropore-size distributions showed a maximum contribution to the total microporosity by pores having an effective pore radius of similar to20 Angstrom, thus indicating that that category of pore contributes more than others to the total microporosity of the system. For both soils and clays a good exponential correlation was found between the maximum contribution to the microporosity and their specific surface area. A linear relationship was also found between the microporosity of the soils and their clay content. It has been concluded that the micropore system formed by 20 Angstrom pores is mainly located in the clay fraction of the soil, and contributes significantly to defining some of the most notable physicochemical properties of soils and clays.
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