On the Synthesis of Colloidal Imogolite Fibers.
It is shown that a common synthesis procedure of crystalline imogolite fibers may yield a fairly large fraction of amorphous proto-imogolite as a by-product. This amorphous product is easily overlooked in the characterization of imogolite dispersions. Careful removal of amorphous products allowed us to obtain a first clear electron micrograph of synthetic imogolite fibers. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
Koenderink
GH
Debye Research Institute, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CH, the Netherlands
Kluijtmans
SG
Philipse
AP