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 |
| 3 | 20 | 18.25 | 2.813 | I | 40 | 18.87 | 1.412 | I | 60 | 18.71 | 1.231 | QH | 80 | 17.66 | 1.761 | I |
| 4 | 20 | 19.70 | 1.403 | QH | 40 | 19.02 | 2.123 | I | 60 | 19.53 | 2.910 | I | 80 | 20.06 | 3.501 | I |
| 5 | 20 | 20.82 | 1.651 | I | 40 | 20.25 | 1.767 | QH | 60 | 20.06 | 2.624 | I | 80 | 19.36 | 3.810 | I |
| 6 | 20 | 19.85 | 1.903 | I | 40 | 20.06 | 1.400 | QH | 60 | 18.25 | 3.810 | I | 80 | 20.43 | 3.010 | I |
| 7 | 20 | 18.54 | 2.120 | I | 40 | 15.65 | 1.560 | QH | 60 | 16.47 | 1.684 | QH | 80 | 16.49 | 1.708 | I |
| 8 | 20 | 15.12 | 2.189 | I | 40 | 14.15 | 2.204 | I | 60 | 17.51 | 1.904 | I | 80 | 17.38 | 2.706 | I |
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I: interstratified character; QH: quasihomogeneous character.
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