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DIFFaX simulations show that the 3R1 and 3R2 polytypes of hydrotalcites (HT) have distinctly different X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) patterns. The HT samples obtained by coprecipitation as well as those subjected to a subsequent hydrothermal treatment exhibit non-uniform broadening of lines in their XRPD patterns as well as anomalous variation in the intensities of the basal reflections. The reflections appearing in the mid-2θ region (30–50°; 3–1.8 Å) are excessively broadened and do not correspond to either of the 3R polytypes. This broadening is shown to be due to a stacking of layers randomly rotated about the c crystallographic axis by n × 120° (n = 1,2). The intensities of the basal reflections vary due to the departure of the layer composition from the nominal value, essentially due to an increase in the intercalated water content.
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Thomas, G.S., Rajamathi, M. & Kamath, P.V. DIFFaX Simulations of Polytypism and Disorder in Hydrotalcite. Clays Clay Miner. 52, 693–699 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.2004.0520603
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