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Introduction to Clay Minerals Velde

Introduction to Clay Minerals By Velde

Introduction to Clay Minerals by Velde

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Introduction to Clay Minerals is designed to give a detailed, concise and clear introduction to clay mineralogy. Using the information presented here, one should be able to understand clays and their mineralogy, their uses and importance in modern life.

Introduction to Clay Minerals Summary

Introduction to Clay Minerals: Chemistry, origins, uses and environmental significance by Velde

Introduction to Clay Minerals is designed to give a detailed, concise and clear introduction to clay mineralogy. Using the information presented here, one should be able to understand clays and their mineralogy, their uses and importance in modern life.

Introduction to Clay Minerals Reviews

In order to understand the methods, one must understand the basics of the structure and chemistry of a mineral; these are given in detail in the book. - International Society of Soil Science; Velde clearly moved to fill a major gap by producing a book designed to introduce clay mineralogy...There can be no doubt that he succeeded and he is to be warmly congratulated - Sedimentary Geology; Who should read this book? Everyone who is concerned about all the environmental changes and problems caused by man, who works in the natural or engineering sciences but has not yet occasion to become acquainted with this omnipresent, remarkable inorganic material which is closely connected with living matter - Applied Clay Science; At last, an easy to comprehend, authoritatively written, soft cover book on clays - Geoderma

Table of Contents

The clay perspective. What are clays. Clay environments and the clay cycle. Clays as an interface in the environmental cycles. Tools. XRD X-ray diffraction. TGA thermo-gravimetric analysis. DTA differential thermal analysis. IR infrared spectral analysis. Electron microscopes. EMP electron microprobe. CEC cation exchange capacity. Reference works and scientific journals. Clays as minerals. Structures. Polytypes. Clay mineral structures. Clay mineral groups. Clay mineral identification. Clays and geology. Mineral instabilities. Mineral stabilities. Uses of clays. Uses in industrial processes. Ceramics. Clays in the environment. Situation of clays in surface environments. Nuclear waste. Index.

Additional information

NLS9780412370304
9780412370304
0412370301
Introduction to Clay Minerals: Chemistry, origins, uses and environmental significance by Velde
Velde
New
Paperback
Chapman and Hall
1992-07-31
198
N/A
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