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Agriculture · Q942

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 942

Q942

Under electron Microscope, shape of kaolinite is

A.
Hexagonal
Answer
B.
Tubular
C.
Fluffy
D.
Flake like

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Kaolinite is a clay mineral of the chemical formula Al2O3 2SiO2 · 2H2O that has a structure of a 1 : 1 uncharged dioctahedral layer where each layer consists of a single silica tetrahedral sheet and single alumina octahedral sheet.
Under an electron microscope, the shape of Kaolinite is Hexagonal (book-like) and non-idiomorphic crystal forms are associated with rhombohedral blocky alunite.