Figure 1
(a) 1 s EDD patterns, spaced 7 s apart in time, showing the rapid change in layer-spacing on addition of KCl to polymer-treated Swy-1 montmorillonite clay suspensions. (b) Variation in layer-spacing in 10 µm steps down a ∼150 µm-thick montmorillonite film contained within an osmotic cell; the larger 1/d between positions 400–600 indicates a decreased basal spacing (equivalent to one water layer) at each side corresponding to the limits of ingress of the KCl during the measurement. |