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. 2019 Nov 11;9(63):36631–36639. doi: 10.1039/c9ra05768d

Element compositions of smectite as determined by semiquantitative X-ray (SQX) fluorescence analysis.

Chemical composition (%) SiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 MgO CaO Na2O K2O Others
M = 60.09 M = 101.95 M = 159.79 M = 40.32 M = 56.08 M = 61.99 M = 94.20
74.56 16.45 2.62 3.10 1.50 1.30 0.18 0.29