有机粘土化学是研究粘土矿物与各种有机化合物间的相互作用关系和有机粘土复合体的形成、性质及其转化的科学。虽然这门学科距今只有二、三十年的历史,但由于它在无机化学和有机化学之间起着桥梁作用,因此受到广泛的重视。例如,P.G.纳因(Nahin,1963)曾明确指出,有机粘土化学是化学研究中的重大发展,它将大大地扩大化学研究的领域。并将使粘土矿物学研究发生一个飞跃。1964年叶连俊教授也高度地评价了这一新兴学科,他认为,在金属矿床成因研究方面,有机粘土化学具 Organoclay chemistry is the study of the interaction between clay minerals and various organic compounds and the formation, properties and transformation of organoclay complexes. Although this discipline has only two or three decades of history, it is widely regarded as a bridge between inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry. For example, P.G. Nahin (1963) made it clear that organochlorine chemistry is a major development in chemical research and that it will greatly expand the field of chemical research. And clay mineralogy will make a leap forward. Professor Ye Lianjun also highly appraised this emerging discipline in 1964. In his opinion, in the study of the genesis of metallogeny, organic clay chemistry