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A RECENT communication by R. C. Mackenzie1 on the above subject directs attention to some density measurements made on Wyoming bentonite pastes2,3. A confirmatory set of measurements has also since appeared4. Although the results were not obtained under exactly comparable conditions or on exactly comparable material, they exhibit adequate internal consistency. The divergences seem to arise in the authors' discussions.
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BRADLEY, W. Density of Water sorbed on Montmorillonite. Nature 183, 1614–1615 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831614a0
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