X-Ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals
This successful text/reference, now in a new edition, explores the applications and limitations of data produced by the interaction of X-rays with clay minerals. This edition pays particular attention to integrating the mineralogy of soils and features a new chapter on disorder and polytypes. Chapter Four, from the first edition, has been expanded and split into two chapters, "Structure and Properties: General Treatment" and "Structure, Nonmenclature, and Occurrences of Clay Minerals."...
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Clay minerals are the most abundant minerals on Earth. Widely used in building materials and industry, they are components of bricks, concrete, and ceramics; they impart whiteness to paper; they serve as catalysts in chemical processes, fillers in pharmaceuticals, and stabilizing agents in the disposal of toxic and radioactive wastes; and they indicate the location of petroleum and natural gas reservoirs. Furthermore, a knowledge of the properties of these minerals is essential in agriculture and in making informed engineering decisions. In this text, the authors explore the applications and limitations of data produced by the interaction of X-rays with crystalline minerals. The treatment is informal but rigorous, combining theoretical discussion with recipe-like directions for laboratory procedures. Booknews Text/lab manual for upper-level and graduate students. Assumes basic knowledge of geology, chemistry, and mineralogy. Spiral binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1Introduction and Historical Background32Nature and Production of X-Rays283X-Ray Diffraction614Structure and Properties: General Treatment1045Structure, Nomenclature, and Occurrences of Clay Minerals1386Sample Preparation Techniques for Clay Minerals2047Identification of Clay Minerals and Associated Minerals2278Identification of Mixed-Layered Clay Minerals2619Quantitative Analysis29810Disorder in Smectite, Illite/Smectite, and Illite330AppModeling One-Dimensional X-Ray Patterns359Index373
\ BooknewsText/lab manual for upper-level and graduate students. Assumes basic knowledge of geology, chemistry, and mineralogy. Spiral binding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
