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New Stability Diagrams of Some Clay Minerals in Aqueous Solution

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THERMODYNAMIC stability diagrams of minerals have been used to characterize natural geological systems in equilibrium, or if not in equilibrium, to predict which mineral phase or phases would ultimately become stable in the system.

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HUANG, W. New Stability Diagrams of Some Clay Minerals in Aqueous Solution. Nature Physical Science 243, 35–37 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci243035a0

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