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Klappentext The aim of this comprehenvise book is to present the most important results achieved in the research of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite. Palygorskite and sepiolite have found to be useful in a huge variety of industrial and medical applications. As a result! research on these clays has been intensified during the last two decades! and important advances in their characterization have been made. The book contains contributions from distinguished scientists in the field. Comprehensive treatment of palygorskite and sepioliteCutting-edge developments in industrial minerals and applicationsWritten by distinguished scientists in the field Zusammenfassung Palygorskite and sepiolite have found to be useful in a huge variety of industrial and medical applications. This title presents the important results achieved in the research of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite. It offers comprehensive treatment of palygorskite and sepiolite.
List of contents
PART 1: ADVANCES IN THE STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY OF SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE
1. The Structures and Microtextures of the Palygorskite-Sepiolite Group Minerals
2. Advances in the Crystal Chemistry of Sepiolite and Palygorskite
PART 2: PALYGORSKITE-SEPIOLITE GEOCHEMISTRY, GENESIS AND DEPOSITS
3. Environmental Influences on the Occurrences of Sepiolite and Palygorskite: a Brief Review
4. An Introduction to Palygorskite and Sepiolite Deposits - Location, Geology and Uses
5. Palygorskite Clays in Marine Sediments: Records of Extreme Climate
6. Palygorskite and Sepiolite Deposits in Continental Environments. Description, Genetic Patterns and Sedimentary Settings
7. Sepiolite-Palygorskite Occurrences in Turkey
8. Genesis and Distribution of Palygorskite in Iranian Soils and Sediments
9. Evidence for the Biogenic Origin of Sepiolite
10. Overview of Chinese Palygorskite Clay Resources - their Geology, Mineralogy, Depositional Environment, Applications and Processing
11. Amargosa Sepiolite and Saponite Geology, Mineralogy and Markets
PART 3: APPLICATIONS: INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENT, ADVANCED MATERIALS, OTHERS
12. Current Industrial Applications of Palygorskite and Sepiolite
13. Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Uses of Fibrous Clays
14. The Effects of Palygorskite on Chemical and Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils
15. Adsorption of Surfactants, Dyes and Cationic Herbicides on Sepiolite and Palygorskite: Modifications, Applications and Modeling
16. Sepiolite and Palygorskite as Sealing Materials for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide
17. Advanced Materials and New Applications of Sepiolite and Palygorskite
18. The Maya Blue Pigment
