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Montmorillonite

A clay mineral commonly used as an additive to drilling fluids. Sodium montmorillonite is the main constituent in bentonite. The structure of montmorillonite is characterized by a form which consists of a thin platy-type sheet with the width and breadth indefinite, and thickness that of the molecule.

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