Vermiculite: Structural Properties and Examples of the Use
Figure 1. Model of the structure of vermiculite from Brazil; (with courtesy of dr. Jonáš Tokarský). Vermiculites are generally ctahedral and are termed (according to the joint nomenclature committees AIPEA and CMS) on the basis of a negative layer charge, which is between 0.6 to 0.9 p.f.u. [4,7,8].The negative layer charge of vermiculites results from the …