How the Solid/Liquid Ratio Affects the Cation Exchange Process and Porosity in the Case of Dioctahedral Smectite: Structural Analysis?

Table 5

Qualitative XRD investigation in the case of the SWy-Ba and SWy-Ni samples.

Samples		2θ°	(Å)	FWHM (2θ°)	(Å)	(Å)	Characters
SWy-Ba		7.21	12.24	1.08	12.86	0.151	Interstratified
		6.94	12.73	1.19	11.67	0.281
		6.96	12.68	1.08	12.86	0.192
		7.03	12.57	0.97	14.34	0.114
		6.98	12.66	0.80	16.15	0.097
		7.02	12.59	0.78	17.81	0.094
SWy-Ni		6.15	14.36	1.10	12.62	0.444	Interstratified
		6.12	14.43	0.97	14.31	0.426
		6.13	14.40	1.02	13.61	0.449
		6.12	14.43	1.17	11.87	0.406
		6.11	14.45	0.94	14.77	0.456
		6.10	14.48	1.10	12.62	0.546

() solid/liquid ratio (; Ba or Ni cations); : aver. cryst. size.