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AT the present time, two schools of thought exist concerning the density of water adsorbed on clays. Hendricks and Jefferson1 and Macey2 postulated structures for this adsorbed water which are less dense than free water; whereas, Williamson3,4 and Mackenzie5 have argued against these postulates and have suggested that the adsorbed water is denser than free water. Barshad6 has proposed that the adsorbed water is closely packed at high states of hydration.
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Hendricks, S. B., and Jefferson, M. E., Amer. Mineral., 23, 863 (1938).
Macey, H. H., Trans. Brit. Ceram. Soc., 41, 73 (1942).
Williamson, W. O., Research, 1, 363 (1948).
Williamson, W. O., Trans. Brit. Ceram. Soc., 50, 10 (1951).
Mackenzie, R. C., Clay Min. Bull., 1, 115 (1950).
Barshad, I., Amer. Mineral., 34, 675 (1949).
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ANDERSON, D., LOW, P. Density of Water adsorbed on Wyoming Bentonite. Nature 180, 1194 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801194a0
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