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What are the most relevant factors affecting the transparency of laponite? This paper may provide you with relevant information from the perspective of physical modeling tests using laponite.

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Our findings show that the rheological additive dosage and the laponite content are key factors impacting the transparency of hydrated laponite, which may ultimately be expressed in terms of an additive mass ratio.

Rodrigo Pierozan
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro

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This page is a summary of: Optical and Physical Properties of Laponite for Use as Clay Surrogate in Geotechnical Models, Geotechnical Testing Journal, September 2021, ASTM International,
DOI: 10.1520/gtj20210100.
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