抄録
Studies on the synthesis of kaolinite are reviewed. They were grouped into four categories: 1) studies on the phase diagrams or activity diagrams including kaolinite, 2) studies on procedures to synthesize kaolinite at room temperature, 3) studies on mechanisms of transformation from rock forming minerals or volcanic glasses to kaolinite, and 4) studies on partial equilibrium reaction or reaction kinetics of kaoli-nite precipitation. Recent results on the synthesis of a large quantity of kaolinite are introduced, and the morphology of the synthesized kaolinite and its reaction kinetics are discussed.
