Another study in the 1990s showed that montmorillonite clay can help create RNA chains of as many as 50 nucleotides joined together spontaneously into a single RNA molecule.
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As concerns the genesis of the montmorillonite and the serpentine-like minerals it is assumed that they were produced from magnesium-rich olivines and pyroxenes by aqueous alteration.
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Therefore, clay bodies with high amounts of montmorillonite contain a high percentage of free silica after firing, which may cause the ware to crack during cooling . ( Dunting )"
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Research in 2003 reported that montmorillonite could also accelerate the conversion of fatty acids into " bubbles, " and that the " bubbles " could encapsulate RNA attached to the clay.
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Other kinds of aggregate include sand, gravel and calcined montmorillonite clay ( aka kitty litter ), all of which are heavy andcio add ballast to pots of top-heavy succulents.
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At the temperatures that copper and iron are poured, the clay gets inactivated by the heat, in that the montmorillonite is converted to illite, which is a non-expanding clay.
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The combination of different clays ( palygorskite and montmorillonite ), together with the use of the leaves of the " a�il " and the actual process is described in his paper.
Scientists confirmed in 2002 that by adding a montmorillonite clay to a solution of fatty acid micelles ( lipid spheres ), the clay sped up the rate of vesicles formation 100-fold.
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"' Montmorillonite "'is a very soft nm; magnification of about 25, 000 times, using an electron microscope, is required to " see " individual clay particles.
