What is the relationship between bentonite and attapulgite?
The attapulgite characters of gray, yellowish or pale green crystalline powder, grease luster, odorless, tasteless. The density of small, generally about 1.6g/cm3, the friction of hardness of three. When wet significantly viscosity, plasticity, dry shrinkage, no cracks. Absorbent, generally up to 150%, chemical properties are very stable.
The bentonite is non metallic mineral montmorillonite as the main mineral composition, structure of montmorillonite is 2:1 type crystal structure of [1] consists of two silicon oxygen tetrahedron sandwiching a layer of aluminum eight surface 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 strong, easy to by other cation exchange, so it has good ion exchange property. Has been applied abroad in industrial and agricultural production in 24 areas in more than 100 departments, more than 300 products, which is called "universal soil".
They are two different non-metallic mineral resources, and are widely used in industrial production
