Clay Minerals

Properties, Occurrence & Uses

Buch | Hardcover

210 Seiten

2017
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-0823-1 (ISBN)

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To a geologist, clay minerals are fine particles (< 2 m in size) and are also major constituents of rocks, sediment and soils. To an engineer, ceramicist or mineralogist, clay minerals belong to the family of phyllosilicate (or sheet silicate) of minerals, which shows properties of plasticity, shrinkage, and hardening upon drying or firing. The types and characteristics of clay minerals depends on their origin of occurrences. Commonly clay minerals are formed over a long period of time by gradual chemical decomposition of feldspar, usually silicate-bearing by low concentration of carbonic acid and other diluted acidic or alkaline solvents. Clay minerals can be grouped into four main groups: kaolinite, illite, smectite and vermiculite. Clay and clay minerals have been used since the very beginning of civilisation, and are also very important industrially. This is because of their abundant availability, inexpensiveness and unique properties. Considering its unique properties and vast applications, this book was written in order to provide various research results and compile up-to-date development on the current states of knowledge concerning clay mineral occurrences, types, properties and various uses. There are a total of eight chapters contributions by a significant number of expert authors around the world, covering topics such as the occurrence of clay in pore space of impure chalk, imparting functionality to clays, metakaolin based composite zeolite synthesis, rheological transport properties of kaolin-bentonite slurry solutions, clay minerals as adsorbents in water treatment, and metakaolin in building materials. This book will be useful to practicing engineers, scientists, researchers, academics, and undergraduate and post-graduate students interested in this specific area.

Preface; Imparting Functionality to Clays by Manipulating the Interlayer Chemistry; Effect of TMAOH on Synthesis of Zeolite LTA from Metakaolin Using Conventional Hydrothermal and Alkaline Fusion Methods; Study on Rheological Properties of Kaolin and Bentonite Slurry Solutions; Cordierite Ceramics: Clay Minerals Precursors and Nanocomposite Applications; Clay-Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Applications; Removal of Nitrate from Water Using Clay and Clay Minerals; Adsorptive Removal of Methylene Blue (MB) Dye at Kaolin Clay-Water Interface: Kinetics, Isotherm Modelling and Process Design; Use of Metakaolin as a Supplementary Cementitous Material in Concrete; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2017
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	1-5361-0823-5 / 1536108235
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-0823-1 / 9781536108231
Zustand	Neuware