Insight into morphology and structure of different particle sized kaolinites with same origin

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The particle size, morphology, crystallinity order and structural defects of four kaolinite samples are characterized by the techniques including particle size analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MAS NMR). The particle size of four kaolinite samples gradually increases. Four samples all belong to the ordered kaolinite and show a decrease in structural order with the increase of kaolinite particle size. The changes of structural defect are proved by the increase of the band splitting in Raman spectroscopy, the decrease of the intensity of absorption bands in infrared spectroscopy, and the decrease of equivalent silicon atom and the increase of non-equivalent aluminum atom in MAS NMR spectroscopy. The differences in morphology and structural defect are attributed to the broken bonds of Al-O-Si, Al-O-Al and Si-O-Si and the Al substitution for Si in tetrahedral sheets. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.

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Zhang, Y., Liu, Q., Xiang, J., Zhang, S., & Frost, R. L. (2014). Insight into morphology and structure of different particle sized kaolinites with same origin. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 426, 99–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.03.057

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