Thermal behavior and evolution of the mineral phases of Brazilian red mud

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 635-643

  Mercury, J M Rivas ^a   Cabral, A A ^a   Paiva, A E M ^a   Angelica R S ^b   Neves, R F ^b   Scheller, T ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bauxite tailing; Red mud; Rietveld; Thermal behavior

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM INDUSTRY; AMORPHOUS CONTENT; BAUXITE TAILING; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; DILATOMETRY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GIBBSITES; MINERAL PHASIS; PSEUDOBROOKITE; RED MUD; RIETVELD; SIMULTANEOUS THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS;

ALUMINUM PLANTS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MINERAL INDUSTRY; PEROVSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79958255114     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-010-1039-7     Document Type: Article

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