title: Interstratified clays as fundamental particles.
abstract: Materials representing common interstratified clay minerals are shown to be composed of aggregates of fundamental particles. Transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction demonstrate that the x-ray diffraction characteristics of a wide range of interstratification can be modeled experimentally by utilizing materials containing only three types of particles. The data have been incorporated into a new model that regards interstratified clay minerals as populations of fundamental particles whose x-ray diffraction patterns result from interparticle diffraction.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Nadeau
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: McHardy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tait