Magnesium analogues of aluminosilicate inorganic polymers ...
Attempts to synthesise magnesium-containing analogues of aluminosilicate geopolymers from the 1:1 and 2:1 layer magnesiosilicate minerals chrysotile and talc, as well as the magnesium mineral sepiolite are reported. The effect of pre-treating these starting minerals by grinding and/or dehydroxylation was also investigated by XRD, 29Si and natural-abundance 25Mg …