Price loading...

Clay Minerals: Properties, Occurrence & Uses (Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments)

Soil Science

Price data last checked 103 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

To a geologist, clay minerals are fine particles (< 2 µm 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.

Product Specifications

Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 1536108235
Category: Books > Subjects > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening > Professional Horticulture > Soil Science
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 February 2017
Listed Since: 04 January 2017

Barcode

No barcode data available

Clay Minerals: Properties, Occurrence & Uses (Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments)

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Bentonite: Characteristics, Uses & Implications for the Environment (Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments)

Clay Mineral Cements in Sandstones: 10 (International Association Of Sedimentologists Series)

Elsevier Applied Clay Mineralogy - Clay Science Volume 2

An Introduction to Aluminosilicates (Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments)

Clay Microstructure (Geological Sciences Series)

Clay Microstructure (Geological Sciences Series)

Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals: Halloysite and Imogolite (Developments in Clay Science): Volume 7

Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials: Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications (Micro and Nano Technologies)

The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks

Bentonite Clay: Environmental Properties and Applications

Formation and Properties of Clay-Polymer Complexes (Volume 4) (Developments in Clay Science, Volume 4)

Clay Mineral Catalysis of Organic Reactions

Natural Mineral Nanotubes: Properties and Applications

Dolomite: Formation, Characteristics & Environmental Impact (Geology and Mineralogy Research Developments)

Clay Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications (Micro and Nano Technologies)

William Andrew Industrial Minerals and Their Uses Handbook

A Handbook of Minerals, Crystals,Rocks and Ores

Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites

Springer - Microstructure of Fine-Grained Sediments Book

Silica and Clay Dispersed Polymer Nanocomposites: Preparation, Properties and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering)

Uses of Industrial Minerals, Rocks and Freshwater

Natural and Engineered Clay Barriers (Developments in Clay Science): Volume 6

Clays in the Critical Zone

Developments in Palygorskite-Sepiolite Research: A New Outlook on these Nanomaterials (Volume 3) (Developments in Clay Science, Volume 3)