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Nitrogen adsorption method for determining the mesopore slit-like size distribution of expansive soils

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One of the most important structural parameters involved in the characterization of the void space of soils is the pore size distribution. In this work, a nitrogen adsorption method is presented as an alternative to determine the mesopore contribution of slit-shaped pores to the abovementioned parameter in montmorillonite-containing soils. The mesopore size structural parameter obtained via this sorption method is related to montmorillonite d 001 interlayer distances proceeding from either X-ray or electron diffraction analysis, if only by assuming during sorption analysis that mesopores resident inside clay grains adopt slit-shaped geometries. Mineralogical analysis and determination of some important geotechnical properties of these montmorillonite-containing soils complement the preceding sorption and structural studies.

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Thanks are given to the Laboratory of Materials of ITESM-CEM due to the technical and academic support provided during the elaboration of this work. Thanks are also given to CFATA Campus Juriquilla (UNAM) and IMP because of the sorption, SEM and TEM analyses.

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  1. Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, U.N.A.M. A. P. 1-1010, Querétaro, Qro. 760000, México

    Victor M. Castano

  2. Laboratoy of Materials, DIM, ITESM-CEM. Carretera Lago de Guadalupe km 3.5, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Estado de México, 52926 México DEPFI-UAQ, C.U., S/N, Querétaro, Qro. 76000, México

    María Luz Pérez-Rea

  3. Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, P.O. Box 55-534, México 09340, D.F, México

    Fernando Rojas

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Pérez-Rea, M.L., Rojas, F. & Castano, V.M. Nitrogen adsorption method for determining the mesopore slit-like size distribution of expansive soils. Mat Res Innovat 7, 341–352 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10019-003-0262-2

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