Clay Mineralogy: Spectroscopic and Chemical Determinative Methods
M. J. Wilson ... 367 pages - Publisher: Springer; (March 31, 1994)
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0412533804 - ISBN-13: 978-0412533808
A knowledge of clay is important in many spheres of scientific endeav
our, particularly in natural sciences such as geology, mineralogy and
soil science, but also in more applied areas like environmental and
mater ials science. Over the last two decades research into clay
mineralogy has been strongly influenced by the development and
application of a num ber of spectroscopic techniques which are now able
to yield information about clay materials at a level of detail that
previously would have seemed inconceivable. This information relates not
only to the precise characterization of the individual clay components
themselves, but also to the ways in which these components interact with
a whole range of absorbate molecules. At present, however, the fruits
of this research are to be found principally in a somewhat widely
dispersed form in the scientific journals, and it was thus considered to
be an appropriate time to bring together a compilation of these
spectroscopic techniques in a way which would make them more accessible
to the non-specialist. This is the primary aim of this book. The authors
of the various chapters first describe the principles and
instrumentation of the individual spectro scopic techniques, assuming a
minimum of prior knowledge, and then go on to show how these methods
have been usefully applied to clay mineralogy in its broadest context.
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0412533804 - ISBN-13: 978-0412533808
