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The Physical And Physicochemical Properties Of Some Turkish Thermal Muds And Pure Clay Minerals And Their Uses In Therapy, Muazzez Çeli̇k Karakaya, Necati̇ Karakaya, Senar Aydin

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The physical and physicochemical properties of thermal muds (peloids) from 20 spas in Turkey were defined and compared with those of naturally pure clay minerals, smectite, illite, sepiolite, and kaolinite, to define the suitability of their use in pastes, masks, creams, and/or mud baths. The liquid and plastic limit values of the peloids show medium to high plasticity. The values of the pure clay minerals vary from 110 to 369 and 60 to 130, respectively, being higher than those of the peloid samples except for illite and kaolinite. The peloid samples show very soft, soft, semihard, hard, and fluid properties …