The clay minerals from greda deposit

Abstract

The term "clay" refers to natural materials composed of fine minerals, which in their composition contain water molecules, which give it the property of plasticity, which is lost by drying processes. The basic physical and chemical characteristics of clay are low permeability, the possibility of cation exchange, thermal structural stability, swelling processes. These characteristic properties appear as a consequence of the crystal structure, in which the layers of SiO4, tetrahedra, extend infinitely in two dimensions. In this paper are presented the basic structural and crystallochemical properties of clay from Greda deposit.