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The cationic linkage is similar to the intersheet bonds of ____________

(a) Kaolinite

(b) Illite

(c) Dichite

(d) Montmorillonite

The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

The above asked question is from Interparticle Force in a Soil Mass in section Soil Structure and Clay Minerology of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right answer is (b) Illite

To explain I would say: The cationic linkage is similar to the intersheet bonds of illite since particle can be linked together through water-cation-water mechanism.

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