TEM study of mineral transformations in fired carbonated clays: Relevance to brick making

Clay Minerals

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-344

  Bauluz, B ^a   Mayayo, M J ^a   Yuste, A ^a   Fernandez Nieto, C ^a   Gonzalez Lopez, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AEM; Brick making; Ceramics; Clays; Cultural heritage; Mineral transformation; Pyroxenes; TEM

Indexed keywords

BRICKMAKING; CARBONATE MINERALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (AEM); DEHYDROXYLATION; SMECTITES;

CLAY MINERALS;

BRICK; CLAY MINERAL; CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CULTURAL HERITAGE; MANUFACTURING; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 8844258127     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855043930138     Document Type: Article

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