Soil Mineralogy and Chemistry Lecture 4
Phyllosilicate Minerals
Building of Tetrahedral Sheets * Linked SiO 4 tetrahedra
SiO 4 Tetrahedron
Polyhedral View
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Si 6 O 18
Polyhedral View
Si 6 O 18 Spaced Filled View
Linking Rings to Form Tetrahedral Sheets
Tetrahedral Sheet Si:O 2:5 4.11
Tetrahedral Sheet unsaturated ‘edge’sites 4.12
Tetrahedral Sheet unsaturated apical oxygens 4.13
Building of Octahedral Sheets
Al(OH) 6 or Mg (OH) 6 Octahedra OH
Al(OH) 6 or Mg (OH) 6 Octahedra
Octahedral Sheet OH 4.18
(tri)Octahedral Sheet Mg (OH) 6 Octahedra 4.19
Dioctahedral Sheet Al(OH) 6 Octahedra 4.20
A Georgian Ultisol
Octahedral-Tetrahedral Linkage
Sharing of Apical Oxygens in Tetrahdral Sheet with Hydroxyls of Octahedral Sheet Serpentine (1:1 trioctahedral mineral) tet oct 4.23
Sharing of Apical Oxygens in Tetrahdral Sheet with Hydroxyls of Two Octahedral Sheets tet oct tet Talc (2:1 trioctahedral mineral) 4.24
Tet Oct Tet
tet oct Short hand, Block notation Short-hand Symbols 4.26
Isomorphic Substitution permanent (layer) charge
Al 3+, Fe 3+ Si 4+ tet oct Mg 2+ Al 3+ Isomorphic Substitution 4.28
Terminal Bonds pH-dependent charge
terminal bonds Terminal Bonds 4.30
tet oct tet oct tet oct tet oct tet oct trioctahedraldioctahedral octahedra 1:1 2:1 T:O (class) brucite gibbsite serpentine kaolinite pyrophyllite talc Phyllosilicates, NO layer charge 4.31
tet oct tet oct tet K+K+ K+K+ K+K+ Phyllosilicates: 2:1 with layer charge micas 1 unit of (-) layer charge per formula unit tet oct tet oct tet K+K+ H2OH2O Ca 2+ H2OH2O H2OH2O < 1 unit of (-) layer charge per formula unit 2:1 clay minerals 4.32
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4.34 Structure d-spacing Interlayer Status: d-spacing (and mica) K+K+
CEC cmol/Kg Properties of Clay Minerals 4.35
Western GA Ultisol Kaolin and Oxide Rich Soil Accessory Minerals 4.36
Young, weakly weathered soils = fine-grained mica, chlorite, vermiculite (Entisol, Inceptisol) Intermediate weathering = vermiculite, smectite, kaolinite (Mollisol, Alfisol, Ultisol) Strong weathering = kaolinite, hydrous oxides (Ultisol--> Oxisol) Clay mineralogy reflects weathering processes 4.37
Smectite Soil NE Montana Vertisol Hawaiian Oxisol Iron and Al-oxide Rich 4.38 ?
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Organic Matter reactive functional groups: carboxyl, hydroxyl, phenolic * Humus, Humic Acid, Fulvic Acid