-Batch cation-exchange experiments were performed on chlorite, using synthetic ground water containing cesium in the concentration range 10-9-10 -3 M. The sorption behavior was complex; with increasing Cs concentration, the distribution ratio of Cs decreased at first, but passed through a pronounced maximum at high Cs loadings. The desorption data differed from the sorption data only by a shift...

The influence of conditioning on the flotation of pyrrhotite in the presence of chlorite was investigated through flotation tests, sedimentation tests, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. The flotation results show that chlorite slimes dramatically impair the flotation of pyrrhotite. Sedimentation and flotation tests reveal that conditioning can effectively remove chlorite slim...

The East Asian summer monsoon controls the climatic regime of an extended region through temperature and precipitation changes. As the East Asian summer monsoon is primarily driven by the northern hemisphere summer insolation, such meteorological variables are expected to significantly change on the orbital timescale, influencing the composition of terrestrial sediments in terms of both mineral...

-The electrostatic lattice energy of polar phyllosilicates can be calculated when a correction term E .... equal to -2r is taken into account, where/~ is the dipole moment of a slice d(001) and V is the molecular volume. The interlayer bonding energy can be obtained by Giese's method, if the energy of separation of the layers over a distance A is plotted againts 1/[d(001) + A]. Thus, for a pola...

The initial rate of formation of chlorine dioxide in the chlorite-tetrathionate reaction changes in an unusual fashion. The formal kinetic order of both reactants varies over a very wide range. Moreover, chlorite ion behaves not just as a simple reactant, but also as a self-inhibitor. A five-step scheme, derived from an eight-step mechanism, is proposed in which the autocatalytic formation of H...

ABSTR&CT Seven brickmaking clays from various geological horizons have been studied by differential thermal and X-ray methods. The minerals detected included kaolinite, illite, montmorillonite, chlorite, swelling chlorite, calcite and quartz, and rough estimates were made of the quantities present. For the same clays, deformation-under-load was measured at four different heating rates, and stre...

Talc is often used to control unwanted deposition of resins and wood processing derivatives in the wet end circuit of a paper mill. These compounds, called pitch, originate from the raw forest material and are brought into a semi-stable colloidal dispersion during the pulping process. In preceding work we found that the efficiency of different talcs in reducing the level of pitch present in a t...

Interleaved phyllosilicate grains (IPG) of various compositions are widespread in low-grade Verrucano metasediments of the northern Apennines (Italy). They are ellipsoidal or barrel shaped, up to 300±400 lm long and they are often kinked and folded; phyllosilicate packets occur as continuous lamellae or as wedgeshaped layers terminating inside the grain. Using electron microscopy techniques (SE...

Clay minerals are common in geological samples and useful paleoclimate sediment provenance proxies. Acid pretreatment is the most method for separation purification of clay minerals. Given that hydrochloric acid (HCl) can dissolve chlorite distinguish it from kaolinite, HCl digestion used to simplify routine mineral analysis. However, there have been few studies effects on different context ext...

Abstract The sandstone units of the Early Cretaceous Lower Goru Formation are significant reservoir for gas, oil, and condensates in Indus Basin Pakistan. Even though these sandstones rocks hydrocarbon exploration, diagenetic controls on properties poorly documented. For effective production, appraisal a promising reservoir, diagenesis must be comprehensively analyzed first. this study, core sa...