Mineral Intercalating

Mineral intercalating is a modification method to change the interlayer structure and interfacial properties of layered mineral powders by ion exchange, intercalation, or chemical reaction. It takes advantage of weak bonding between the crystal layers of mineral particles with layered structure and the presence of exchangeable cations. Since the layered mineral material has an expandable interlayer structure in the normal direction of the two-dimensional layer structure, the object substance can reversibly enter the interlayer, while the structure of the host material remains unchanged. Minerals with a layered structure, such as mica, clay (kaolin, montmorillonite), graphite, etc., are the main body of common mineral intercalation materials. The intercalated inorganic small molecules, ions, organic small molecules, and organic macromolecules are called objects or intercalating agents. Compounds (or hybrids) formed by intercalation are called intercalation compounds or interlayer...