Rheological Behavior of Smectite Dispersions: The Influence of Suspension Concentration and Exchangeable Cation

<table>Powder  patterns of the raw bentonite (upper diffractogram) and the fine fraction (lower diffractogram)-smectite (bold values), quartz (4.260 Å, 3.350 Å), anorthite (3.224 Å, 1.542 Å), opal CT (4.069 Å), mica (3.651 Å), and magnetite (2.520 Å).</table>

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Figure 1: Rheological Behavior of Smectite Dispersions: The Influence of Suspension Concentration and Exchangeable Cation 