The mineral phase quantification of vermiculite and interstratified clay minerals-containing ores by X-ray diffraction and Rietveld method after K cation exchange

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1323-1334

  Neumann, Reiner ^a   Costa, Gabriel Ericson Lima ^a   Gaspar, José Carlos ^b   Palmieri, Matheus ^c   Silva, Sergio Eduardo E ^c  

^a CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Mineraão Catalão de Goiás Anglo American Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cation exchange; Mineral phase quantification; Rietveld method; Vermiculite; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; CATION EXCHANGES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DETECTION LIMITS; HYDROTHERMAL TRANSFORMATION; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL PHASE; MINERAL PHASE QUANTIFICATION; PHASE CONTENT; PHASE QUANTIFICATION; PYROCHLORE-GROUP MINERAL; PYROCHLORES; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; VERMICULITE;

BARIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY PRODUCTS; MICA; MINERALS; NIOBIUM; POSITIVE IONS; RIETVELD METHOD; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 80052926097     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.05.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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