Despite more than a century of research, drying shrinkage still causes unwanted stresses
and cracks in our concrete infrastructures. This is partly due to the lack of understanding of …

Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu were brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2
spacecraft. We analyzed 17 Ryugu samples measuring 1 to 8 millimeters. Carbon dioxide …

Investigation of the organization of interlayer water and cations in smectite is a permanent
topic in clay science for environmental science, civil engineering, materials science, and …

The first edition of the Handbook of Clay Science published in 2006 assembled the
scattered literature on the varied and diverse aspects that make up the discipline of clay …

Water is considered ubiquitous within the shale reservoirs and mainly stored in the
hydrophilic clay minerals. The water distribution characteristics and its effect on pore …

Using alkali activation, un-calcined soils have potential as precursors for low carbon, low
cost, geopolymer-stabilised construction materials. This technology has been recently …

Of course such a book as we propose here is not the product of just two people working
together, although the experience has been a great pleasure for us. We would like to thank …

The swelling properties of smectite clay minerals are relevant to many engineering
applications including environmental remediation, repository design for nuclear waste …

The term “clay” was used in everyday language long before being imbued with a well-
defined scientific meaning. Therefore, it is not surprising that it carries different connotations …

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 …