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Particle Arrangements in Kaolin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Peter Smart
Peter Smart*
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Cambridge University Engineering Laboratory
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Abstract

An ambiguity in interpretation of electron micrographs of replicas of fracture surfaces of dry clay samples is illustrated, and a method of making ultra-thin sections described. Micrographs of ultra-thin sections of remoulded, consolidated, and sheared kaolin specimens are shown. In unconsolidated specimens random arrangements of particles, or of small groups of particles, were found. In failure zones, in sheared samples, the preferred orientation was parallel to the zone, with, in some cases, a subsidiary zone in which particles were inclined to the main zone. Interparticle contacts were mainly edge-to-edge or face-to-face.

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 15 , February 1967 , pp. 241 - 254
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Copyright © 1967, The Clay Minerals Society

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