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Glossary:Cation exchange capacity

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Related to concentration of cations on negatively charged clay surfaces that, when brine is present, can be exchanged/satisfied for/by cations in the brine. The total of exchangeable cations that a porous medium can absorb, expressed in moles of ion charge per kilogram of clay or mineral.