Development of Silver Ion Doped Antibacterial Clays and Investigation of Their Antibacterial Activity

Table 1

EDX analysis results of the physically treated clays.

Carrier	O	Si	Al	Mg	Others (i.e., Ag^*, Fe, Na, and Ca)
	(wt%)	(wt%)	(wt%)	(wt%)	(wt%)
Kaolinite	60.36	17.50	16.01	—	6.14
Clinoptilolite	61.90	25.41	5.40	0.2	7.09
Sepiolite	55.44	16.74	0.14	17.49	10.33

Detailed analysis results are tabulated in Table 2.