Clay Minerals; March 2004; v. 39; no. 1;
p. 75-84; DOI: 10.1180/0009855043910121
© 2004 Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Kaolin fractal dimension. Comparison with other properties
P. APARICIO1,*,
J. L. PÉREZ-BERNAL2,
E. GALÁN1 and
M. A. BELLO2
1 Departamento de Cristalografía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 553, 41071 Sevilla, 2 Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 553, 41071 Sevilla, Spain

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FIG. 1. Methods for determining (a) Hinckley Index (HI), (b) Stoch Index (IK), and (c) Aparicio-Galán-Ferrell Index (AGFI) by XRD.
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FIG. 3. Logarithmic area at P/Po (S(P/Po)) vs. logarithmic curvature radius plot for the studied samples (y axis arbitrarily scaled to avoid superpositions).
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FIG. 4. SEM images of the kaolins studied.
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FIG. 5. Plot of factor loadings F2 vs. F1.
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FIG. 6. Principal components analysis. Projection of the cases on the factor-plane (1x2). Cases with sum of cosine square 0.00.
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