Table 4.

XRF analysis of the components of clay/ZnO/Ag samples: clay/ZnO/Ag-1, clay/ZnO/Ag-2 and clay/ZnO/Ag-3 nanocomposites (in wt.%).

Component	Clay/ZnO/Ag-1	Clay/ZnO/Ag-1	Clay/ZnO/Ag-1
MgO	0.732	0.624	0.653
Al2O3	18.9	18.2	16.4
SiO2	62.2	62.9	51.8
P2O5	0.216	0.217	0.179
K2O	0.978	0.919	0.797
CaO	0.398	0.402	0.316
TiO2	0.915	0.886	0.786
MnO	0.0658	0.0638	0.0596
Fe2O3	6.49	6.26	5.79
ZnO	4.66	5.15	12.7
Ag2O	0.0148	0.0198	0.061
Na2O	4.42	4.33	10.3