Constituent
Name
Interlayer water
Family
adsorbed
Class
hydrogen bonded molecular liquid
Compound type
interlayer phase
Comments
interlayer in Na-Montmorillonite - Measured by CMS. The interlayer water can vary with ambient conditions
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
sorbed phase
Adsorbat name
Na-Montmorillonite
Mass fraction
0.014 $\pm$ 0.001 g/g adsorbat
Chemical composition
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Mass fraction State Relevance Comments
$H_2O$ Water molecule 1.0 $\pm$ 0.001 interlayer physically adsorbed main
Chemical functions
  Function Number Relevance
$R-OH$ 2 main
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number Relevance
$-O-H$ 2 main
Phase type
interlayer
Texture
adsorbed layer