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The x-ray identification and crystal structures of clay minerals
01 Jan 1961-
About: The article was published on 1961-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 966 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Clay minerals.
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TL;DR: Three cases of pneumoconiosis are found among those workers who had been dealing with tonoko (a mineral powder) for more than ten years at a shop making wooden furniture in Sendai, Japan.
Abstract: We found three cases of pneumoconiosis among those workers who had been dealing with tonoko (a mineral powder) for more than ten years at a shop making wooden furniture in Sendai, Japan. In the factory the workers were exposed to tonoko dust and had been inhaling it for a long time. Until now, this disease has not been found in employees of furniture factories; and, furthermore, tonoko has not been regarded as a harmful material. Tonoko is a very fine mineral powder used T onoko has not been recognized as a harmful
TL;DR: The possibility to include in expanded clay little amounts of metallic ions present in waste material, without significant influence on the environment, was investigated in this paper, where known quantities of cadmium(II), lead(II, chromium(III), and chromium (VI) were added to a mixture of raw pit clay, adding a small amount of mineral oil.
Abstract: The possibility to include in expanded clay little amounts of metallic ions present in waste material, without significant influence on the environment, was investigated. In this article, known quantities of cadmium(II), lead(II), chromium(III), and chromium(VI) were added to a mixture of raw pit clay, adding a small amount of mineral oil. The resultant paste was heated at 1200°C, in conditions to provide the commercial product with the best characteristics of lightness. The obtained pellets were analyzed in two ways. A sample of expanded clay was crushed, added to with KNaCO3 and melted. The melted mass, after cooling, was dissolved in HCl or in water and analyzed. The composition of the raw pit clay was analyzed as a blank. In parallel, pellets were subjected to a leaching process and the eluate was analyzed for the added cations. The concentration of the metal ions in the leached water is negligible compared with that generally admitted in drinking water.
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...The molecular structure of clay is formed by two structural unities (Grim 1953; Brown 1961; Millot 1964; Drits 2003)....
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TL;DR: The results reported in this paper are a byproduct of a detailed study of the heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cu, Cd, Co, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mn) carried by the Upper Neckar River, Germany.
Abstract: The results reported in the present paper are a by-product of a detailed study of the heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cu, Cd, Co, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mn) carried by the Upper Neckar River, Germany. The purpose was to determine the pollution by industrial waste of the river waters (Abadian 1976). In order to elucidate the various mechanisms of heavy-metal transport in the river, the clay of the bottom sediments and that carried in suspension was analysed for the metals at a number of locations and subjected to X-ray diffraction for the determination of the clay minerals present. The bottom sediments consist of kaolinite, illite, random interstratification (of mica and expandable layers) and quartz. In some samples chlorite and calcite were detected as well. The mineral content of the suspended load was collected by pressure filtration on porous ceramic plates. The clay minerals determined by subjecting the plates plus filtered residue to X-ray diffraction were the same as in the sediments. In addition to the clay-mineral reflections, three of the samples obtained from suspension (locations 2, 3, and 5 in the map, Fig. 1) showed the strongest diffraction line of the mineral brushite, CaHPO4·2H2O, at 7.6 A. In one sample (location 2) three more lines of brushite were observed. The occurrence of brushite in the Neckar may be taken as a mineralogical indicator of the pollution of the river, because the following materials may be possible sources of the phosphate: artificial fertilizers, liquid manure, water softeners, detergents, and industrial waste waters.