liquid crystal, colloid, SAXS Suspensions of three different clays in K15, a thermotropic liquid crystal have been studied by optical microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering. The three clays were Claytone AF, a surface treated natural montmorillonite, Laponite RD, a synthetic hectorite and mined Sepiolite. The Claytone and Laponite were sterically stabilized whereas Sepiolite formed a relat...

Abstract Sepiolite and the sepiolite-based materials were studied in terms of carbon dioxide adsorption. The pore structure surface characterization obtained specified based on adsorption-desorption isotherms nitrogen measured at –196 o C 0 C. specific area (SSA) was calculated according to BET equation. volume estimated using DFT method. Pristine sepiolite has shown following value SSA CO 2 up...

Bioaugmentation of anaerobic sludge with long-chain fatty acids (LCFA)-degrading bacteria can be a feasible strategy to enhance methane production from LCFA. This hypothesis was studied in batch assays with Syntrophomonas zehnderi as bioaugmenting strain. This bacterium is able to degrade a wide range of saturated and unsaturated LCFA, and its presence has been reported in several oleate-fed bi...

This review article focuses on sepiolite fibrous clay mineral, which has been selected here as an example of ancient inorganic natural material that is currently receiving much attention excellent candidate for advanced materials and applications. Sepiolite abundant hydrated magnesium silicate whose crystal structure determines the presence nanoporous cavities well large surface rheological pro...

The objective of the present study was to determine the therapeutic effectiveness of orally administered sepiolite on neonatal calf with diarrhea. The study was conducted on fifty 1-30 days old public owned calves (40 animals for experiment and 10 animals for control groups), in Afyonkarahisar region, Turkey. Sepiolite was administered orally to all animals in the experiment group for 30 days, ...

This paper investigates the autogenous self-healing capability of conventional concrete (C30/37) mixtures with water encapsulated in sepiolite. Sepiolite was added two conditions: previously saturated and dry, at a dosage 5% by cement weight. is substitution for sand fraction. For these mixes reference mix without sepiolite, disks size f100x50 mm were produced pre-cracked 28 days age splitting ...