Experimental study of the stability and phase relations of clays at high temperature in a thermal gradient

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-225

  Vidal, O ^a   Baldeyrou, A ^b   Beaufort, D ^c   Fritz, B ^b   Geoffroy, N ^a   Lanson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Phase relations; Smectite; Thermodynamic

Indexed keywords

CLAY COMPOSITION; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; EQUILIBRIUM REACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MGO; PHASE RELATION; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SMECTITES; STABILITY CONDITION; STABILITY DIAGRAM; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

ALUMINUM; EXPERIMENTS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; KAOLINITE; MICA; QUARTZ; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

PHASE STABILITY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; SMECTITE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862729455     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2012.0600209     Document Type: Article

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