The formation of ice particles in the Earth's atmosphere strongly affects the properties of
clouds and their impact on climate. Despite the importance of ice formation in determining …

Soil water potential is a cornerstone in defining the thermodynamic state of soil water
required to quantify phenomena such as water phase change, water movement, heat …

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy has a long and successful history as an analytical technique and
is used extensively (McKelvy et al., 1996; Stuart, 1996). It is mainly a complementary method …

Eight reference clay samples, 4 kaolinitic, 3 smectitic and 1 illitic clay, were purified and
thermally treated in order to determine their pozzolanic reactivity in cementitious materials …

Biomass-derived amorphous carbon has received considerable attention in recent decades.
In this paper, carbon/montmorillonite (CMt) nanocomposites were synthesized by a …

The redox activity of Fe-bearing minerals is coupled with the transformation of organic matter
(OM) in redox dynamic environments, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this …

Coordinated visible/near-infrared reflectance/mid-infrared reflectance and emissivity spectra
of four groups of phyllosilicates were undertaken to provide insights into the differences …

Kaolinite is a major type of clay minerals in soils of warm and humid climate. Although it has
a much lower cation exchange capacity (CEC) and specific surface area compared to …

Phyllosilicates, one of the five major structural types of silicates, have highly variable
structures and very complex chemistry. This manuscript reports the first comprehensive …

Water adsorption on kaolinite, illite, and montmorillonite clays was studied as a function of
relative humidity (RH) at room temperature (298 K) using horizontal attenuated total …