Polypropylene–clay nanocomposites: effect of ...
Fig. 1 displays the small angle Xray diffraction patterns of both modified and unmodified montmorillonite and bentonite clays. It can be observed the d 0 0 1 peak shift to lower angles, corresponding to an increase on the basal spacing of the clays by exchange of interlayer sodium with onium cations. The basal spacing on commercial clay () moves from nm for sodium montmorillonite ...