Firing tests on clay-rich raw materials from the algarve basin (Southern Portugal): Study of mineral transformations with temperature

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-204

  Trindade, Maria José ^a,c   Dias, Maria Isabel ^a,c   Coroado, João ^b,c   Rocha, Fernando ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE TOMAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Algarve basin; Clays; Firing tests; High temperature minerals; Mineral transformations; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; FIRING TESTS; FORSTERITES; GEHLENITE; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KERMANITE; LARNITE; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINERALOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONTICELLITE; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PERICLASE; PORTUGAL; REFERENCE GROUP; THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; XRD;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CLAY; CLAY DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; TESTING METHOD; TRANSFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ALGARVE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77953306347     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2010.0580205     Document Type: Article

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