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An XPEEM study of structural cation distribution in swelling clays. I. Synthetic trioctahedral smectites

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X-PEEM images and XPS were collected on isolated layers of three synthetic swelling clays, one hectorite and two saponites with various charge, recording the Si(2p), Al(2p) and Mg(2p) core level spectra from the clay sheets. Spectra were fitted to determine the different components of the core levels. Due to their large full width at half maximum, Si XPS spectra were fitted using two to three doublets. It appears that, for a given clay mineral, Si, Al and Mg binding energies (BE) were constant, for all the observed layers. However, variations of the Si BE were observed depending on the nature of the mineral investigated. The various components obtained from the fit of Si spectra could be assigned to different substitution rates; binding energy shifting to lower values with substitution increase in the layer. Furthermore, variations in Si BE according to charge location were assigned to the influence of exchangeable cation.

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This work has been supported by the European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the RII3-CT-2004-506008 contract. We thank G. Cauchon and S. Brochet for the sample holders preparation. We acknowledge the staff of the nanospectroscopy beamline, A. Locatelli, T. O. Mentes, L. Aballe and M. A. Nino Orti for the experimental assistance during the synchrotron-based investigation.

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  1. Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    Delphine Vantelon & Rachid Belkhou

  2. Laboratoire Environnement et Minéralurgie, UMR 7569 CNRS INPL, 15 avenue du Charmois, BP 40, 54501, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France

    Isabelle Bihannic, Laurent J. Michot & Emmanuelle Montargès-Pelletier

  3. Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, UMR 7590, Université Paris 6 et 7, 140, av. de Lourmel, Bat. 7, 75015, Paris, France

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Vantelon, D., Belkhou, R., Bihannic, I. et al. An XPEEM study of structural cation distribution in swelling clays. I. Synthetic trioctahedral smectites. Phys Chem Minerals 36, 593–602 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-009-0304-4

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