Handbook of clay science /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Bergaya, Faïza (Editor), Lagaly, Gerhard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2013.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Developments in clay science ; 5A, 5B.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals
  • Techniques and applications.
  • E9780080993713va.pdf; Front Cover; Handbook of Clay Science: Fundamentals; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Chapter 1: General Introduction: Clays, Clay Minerals, and Clay Science; 1.1. Aim and Scope; 1.2. Clay; 1.3. Clay Mineral; 1.4. Distinction Between Clay and Clay Mineral; 1.5. Clay Mineral Properties; 1.6. Delamination and Exfoliation of Clay Mineral Particles; 1.7. Associated Minerals; 1.8. Associated Phases; 1.9. Other Solids with Similar Properties; 1.10. Clay Mineral Particles and Aggregates.
  • 1.11. Clay Minerals and Environment1.12. Alternative Concepts of Clay Minerals; 1.13. Clay Science; 1.14. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: Structure and Mineralogy of Clay Minerals; 2.1. General Information; 2.2. Layer Charge (X); 2.3. Polytypism; 2.4. Mixed-Layer Structures; 2.5. The 1:1 Clay Minerals; 2.5.1. Dioctahedral 1:1 Minerals: The Kaolin Group; 2.5.1.1. Kaolinite; 2.5.1.2. Dickite; 2.5.1.3. Nacrite; 2.5.1.4. Halloysite; 2.5.1.5. Hisingerite; 2.5.2. Trioctahedral 1:1 Clay Minerals: The Serpentine Group; 2.6. The 2:1 Clay Minerals.
  • 2.6.1. Pyrophyllite, Talc, and Related Minerals2.6.2. True and Brittle Micas; 2.6.2.1. The Particular Case of Illite; 2.6.3. Smectites; 2.6.4. Illite-Smectite, Chlorite-Smectite, and Other Mixed-Layer Clay Minerals Between Dioctahedral Non-expandable and Ex ... ; 2.6.5. Vermiculite; 2.6.6. Chlorite; 2.7. Allophane and Imogolite; 2.8. Palygorskite and Sepiolite; References; Chapter 3: Genesis of Clay Minerals; 3.1. Geological Environments for Clay Mineral Formation; 3.1.1. Weathering; 3.1.1.1. General Conditions and Examples of Soil Clay Mineral Formation and Transformation.
  • 3.1.1.2. Main Reactions, Thermodynamics, and Modelling for Clay Mineral Formation by Weathering3.1.1.3. General Statements for the Most Frequent Clay Minerals; 3.1.2. Erosion, Transportation, Deposition; 3.1.3. Burial Diagenesis and Low-Grade Metamorphism; 3.1.3.1. Main Reactions for Clay Mineral Formation by Diagenesis; 3.1.3.2. Illite, Illite-Smectite and Smectite-Chlorite Mixed-Layer Clay Minerals; 3.1.3.3. Kaolin Minerals During Diagenesis; 3.1.3.4. Clay Minerals as Palaeogeothermometers for the Diagenetic and Very Low Grade Metamorphic Zones.
  • 3.1.3.5. Mixed-Layer Clay Minerals in Exploration for Oil and Gas in Sedimentary Basins3.1.4. Hydrothermal Alteration; 3.1.5. Extraterrestrial Impactites and Martian Clays; 3.2. Investigative Methods; 3.2.1. Multivariate Statistics and Trace Element Geochemistry; 3.2.2. Isotope Geochemistry; 3.3. Origin of Clay Deposits of Economic Interest; References; Chapter 4: Radiation Effects on Clay Minerals; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Radiation-Induced Point Defects in Clay Minerals; 4.2.1. Nature and Stability; 4.2.1.1. Kaolinite; 4.2.1.2. Dickite; 4.2.1.3. Smectites; 4.2.1.4. Illites; 4.2.1.5. Sudoite.