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Traditional and new applications for kaolin, smectite, and palygorskite: a general overview
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Clays have been and continue to be one of the more important industrial minerals and are widely utilized in many facets of our society as mentioned in this paper.Clays and clay minerals are used in geology, agriculture, construction, engineering, process industries, and environmental applications.About:
This article is published in Applied Clay Science.The article was published on 2000-11-01. It has received 1223 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Clay minerals.read more
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Heavy metal removal from water/wastewater by nanosized metal oxides: a review.
TL;DR: The present review mainly focuses on NMOs' preparation, their physicochemical properties, adsorption characteristics and mechanism, as well as their application in heavy metal removal.
Створення порталу інформаційно-довідкових ресурсів міністерства освіти і науки україни
TL;DR: Premises of creation of Internet portal designed to provide access to participants of educational and scientific process for the joint creation, consolidation, concentration and rapid spreading of educationaland scientific information resources in its own depository are considered.
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Potential materials for food packaging from nanoclay/natural fibres filled hybrid composites
Khaliq Majeed,Khaliq Majeed,Mohammad Jawaid,Azman Hassan,Aznizam Abu Bakar,H. P. S. Abdul Khalil,Arshad Adam Salema,Ibrahim Mohammed Inuwa +7 more
TL;DR: The increasing demand for new food packaging materials which satisfy people requirements provided thrust for advancement of nano-materials science as discussed by the authors, and the increasing need for new packaging materials with high barrier and barrier properties has driven the research and development in polymeric materials coupled with appropriate filler, matrix-filler interaction and new formulation strategies.
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Adsorption of dyes using different types of clay: a review
TL;DR: In this article, the threat posed by increasing amount of dyes on daily basis, especially on our ecosystem, has brought a serious search for more efficient low-cost adsorbents.
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Applied clay mineralogy : occurrences, processing, and application of kaolins, bentonites, palygorskite-sepiolite, and common clays
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the structure and composition of the Clay Minerals and their physical and chemical properties, as well as the location of major industrial Clay Deposits.
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Applied Clay Mineralogy
TL;DR: In this paper, applied clay mineralogy is studied in the context of meteorology and geology, and the authors propose a method to find the underlying structure of the clays.
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Chemistry of clays and clay minerals
TL;DR: An overview of the chemical consititution and properties of clay minerals and the environmental conditions that lead to their formation is provided in this paper, where the authors provide a detailed view of the eight main groups of clays containing silica and non-siliceous oxide clays.
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Properties and applications of palygorskite-sepiolite clays
TL;DR: In this article, a revision of the principal characteristics of commercial palygorskite-sepiolite clays is presented, and potential uses are suggested according to these data.