Research Article

Effect of Soil Solution pH during the Tetracycline Intercalation on the Structural Properties of a Dioctahedral Smectite: Microstructural Analysis

Table 2

Qualitative XRD investigations for different studied samples versus pH and %RH variation.

pH%RH (Å)FWHM (°2θ)Character

32018.252.813I
4018.871.412I
6018.711.231QH
8017.661.761I

42019.701.403QH
4019.022.123I
6019.532.910I
8020.063.501I

52020.821.651I
4020.251.767QH
6020.062.624I
8019.363.810I

62019.851.903I
4020.061.400QH
6018.253.810I
8020.433.010I

72018.542.120I
4015.651.560QH
6016.471.684QH
8016.491.708I

82015.122.189I
4014.152.204I
6017.511.904I
8017.382.706I

I: interstratified character; QH: quasihomogeneous character.