Vermiculite an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Bush, in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, 2001. Vermiculite. Vermiculite is a mica, a hydrated, magnesium–iron–aluminum ctedral sheet silicate of varied composition. Its basic unit is two tetredral silicate sheets interlayered by an octedral sheet that contains aluminum and iron (Grim 1962).Each tripartite layer, on its upper and lower surfaces, has ...