What is the density of bentonite, that is, how heavy is one?
Some properties of bentonite are also determined by montmorillonite. The density is 2~3g/cm3. Montmorillonite can be a variety of colors, such as yellow green, yellow white, gray, white and so on. Can be dense, massive, or for loose soil, with fingers rubbed when there is a sense of sliding, small pieces of water after the volume of swelling several times to 20-30 times, in the water as a suspended shape, less water when it was mushy.
The density of the bentonite is 2~3g/cm3, or 2000kg~3000kg/m3.Bentonite is also called K-bentonites, universal soil, bentonite and bentonite rock, non-metallic mineral montmorillonite as the main mineral components (montmorillonite in 85-90%). The structure of montmorillonite is 2:1 type crystal structure consists of two silicon oxygen tetrahedron sandwiching a layer of alumina eight body composition, due to the layered structure of montmorillonite crystal cell formation in the presence of some cations, such as Cu, Mg, Na, K, and the cation with montmorillonite crystal cell function is not stable, easy to by other cation exchange, it has good ion exchange.
