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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 16-17, Pages 5347-5351Publisher
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DOI: 10.1023/B:JMSC.0000039242.67213.4d
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The aim of this work is to compare the effects of grinding and ultrasonic treatment on vermiculite. Sonication produces a drastic change in particle size (mass median particle diameter 2.4 mum, layer thickness 38 nm), while the resulting material is crystalline as assayed by X-ray diffraction patterns. The TEM study shows that the sonicated vermiculite consists of nanometric flakes. On the other hand, grinding produces particles with medium diameter in the range of about 9 mum and very broad particle size distribution. X-ray and TEM studies of ground sample show an important alteration with grinding time. Prolonged grinding of vermiculite produces the loss of long-range order and eventually an amorphous product is obtained. The results show that grinding treatment produces a decrease of particle size, amorphization and agglomeration of the particles, whereas the ultrasound treatment only produces a decrease of particle size. (C) 2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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