VERMICULITE? SA Suppliers in South Africa
Structure. V ermiculite is a 2:1 clay, meaning it has 2 tetredral sheets for every one octedral sheet. It is a limited expansion clay with a medium shrinkswell has a high cation exchange capacity at 100150 lt meq/100 clays are weathered micas in which the potassium ions between the molecular sheets are replaced by magnesium and iron ions.