Industrial Minerals

Author : D.A.C. Manning
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401112420

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Introduction to Industrial Minerals by D.A.C. Manning Pdf

Introduction to Industrial Minerals introduces the reader to the subject of the new mineral raw materials that our society demands. It emphasizes the way in which, in order to satisfy the consumer, the requirements of industry control mineral exploitation, and the way fundamental mineral properties are exploited for particular applications. It describes aggregates, industrial clays and raw materials for the chemical industry. The need for high temperature processing is addressed with a chapter on interpretation and use of mineralogical phase diagrams and time-temperature-transformation diagrams. These are then applied in separate chapters on the manufacture of glass, cement, brick clays and refractories. Evaluation of geological reserves is described in the context of computer modelling of deposit quality, and the final chapter considers the use of a site after extraction, emphasizing the requirements for waste disposal.

Author : G.E. Christidis
Publisher : The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780903056281

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Advances in the Characterization of Industrial Minerals by G.E. Christidis Pdf

The advancement of human civilization has been intimately associated with the exploitation of raw materials. In fact the distinction of the main historical eras is based on the type of raw materials used. Hence, passage from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age is characterized by the introduction of basic metals mainly copper, zinc and tin in human activities; the Iron Age is marked by the use of iron as the predominant metal. The use of metals has increased and culminated with the industrial revolution in the mid-eighteenth century, which marked the onset of the industrial age in the western world. Since then the importance of metals has gradually been surpassed by industrial minerals in the industrialized countries. Industrial minerals are raw materials used by industry for their physical and/or chemical properties. Characterization of industrial minerals is important for their assessment and can be demanding and often complicated. This new volume, co-published by the European Mineralogical Union and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland, is based on papers presented at an EMU-Erasmus IP School which was held in the Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece. The aim of the School was to describe advances in some of the analytical methods used to characterize industrial minerals and to propose additional methods which are currently not used for this purpose.

Author : M. Kucera
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780444597502

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Industrial Minerals and Rocks by M. Kucera Pdf

Industrial Minerals and Rocks is a collection of research papers concerning the study of industrial mineral deposits. This work is composed of 17 chapters that specifically highlight the research done by Czech and Slovak economic geologists in non-metallic deposits, including talc, magnesite, kaolin, and clay. After an introduction to the history of industrial minerals and rocks, this book goes on reviewing the origin, principal element cycle, genetic types, form, and size of these deposits. Considerable chapters describe the deposits of industrial minerals, rocks, and building raw materials. The remaining chapters deal with the geophysical methods prospecting and exploration and production of industrial raw materials, rocks, and minerals. This book will prove useful to mineral geologists and researchers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Industrial minerals industry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123500055

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Mining and Quarrying Trends in the Metals and Industrial Minerals Industries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SP033: Proceedings of the 39th Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter A. Ciullo
Publisher : William Andrew
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780815518082

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Industrial Minerals and Their Uses by Peter A. Ciullo Pdf

This multi-authored handbook is a unique cross-industry resource for formulators and compounders, and an invaluable reference for the producers of formulated commodities and industrial minerals. Monographs on each of the common functional industrial mineralsùasbestos, barite, calcium carbonate, diatomite, feldspar, gypsum, hormite, kaolin, mica, nepheline syenite, perlite, pyrophyllite, silica, smectite, talc, vermiculite, wollastonite, and zeoliteùinclude an overview of natural and commercial varieties, market size, and application areas. These are supported by descriptions of mineral structures and the wedding of minerals and chemicals through mineral surface modification. This orientation to the minerals and their uses forms the foundation for chapters where they are presented in the context of the overall technology of various consuming industries. Each of these industry-specific presentations covers both the chemical and mineral raw materials used by the formulator, how these are combined, and relevant test methods. These chapters serve a dual purpose. Each clarifies for technologists the function and value of the mineral constituents of their products. Equally important, they provide a primer on the technology of industries other than their own, so that raw material, formulation, processing and testing considerations can be compared and contrasted. The book concludes with a formulary demonstrating how specific mineral and chemical ingredients are actually compounded in major application areas, and technical data on scores of commercial mineral products.

Author : Patrick Degryse,Jan Elsen
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9058673162

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Industrial Minerals by Patrick Degryse,Jan Elsen Pdf

This issue of Aardkundige Mededelingen deals with industrial minerals, their resources, characteristics and applications. It is the result of an academic session on industrial minerals in honour of Em. Prof. Dr. R. Ottenburgs. The contributions are organized according to five topics. In a first part, 'The Industrial Mineral World', some considerations on our natural resources, their use and political impact are presented. In a second part of the study, 'Aggregates and Natural Building Stone', a number of case-studies on the use of industrial minerals as aggregate and ornamental or building stone are discussed. In a third part of the volume, 'Mortar, Cement and Concrete', the study of ancient mortars as well as exploratory research into new materials is illustrated. In a fourth session, 'Clays and Soils', environmental aspects of soils and the economical use of clay deposits are highlighted. In a fifth and final part of the book, 'Steel', the link between ores and industrial minerals is made. It is clear that the study of industrial minerals has many faces and covers many disciplines. The impact of industrial minerals on the world's economy, but also on the environment, cannot be emphasized enough. This book gives an overview of the wide and rich diversity of research currently performed in the realm of the industrial minerals.

Author : P. W. Harben,Miloš Kužvart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Geology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023645695

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Industrial Minerals by P. W. Harben,Miloš Kužvart Pdf

Author : P. W. Harben,Robert Latimer Bates
Publisher : Metal Bulletin
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Geology, Economic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031120723

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Industrial Minerals by P. W. Harben,Robert Latimer Bates Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Minerals Yearbook Metals and Minerals 2010 Volume I by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jessica Elzea Kogel
Publisher : SME
Page : 1576 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0873352335

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Industrial Minerals & Rocks by Jessica Elzea Kogel Pdf

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Author : American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Industrial minerals
ISBN : UOM:39015011191247

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Industrial Minerals and Rocks by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : MSU:31293032628145

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Minerals Yearbook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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MI1984: The Nevada mineral industry 1984 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Geology, Economic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006907971

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Industrial Minerals by Anonim Pdf