X-Ray Diffraction and the Identification and Analysis of Clay Minerals / Edition 2

by Duane M. Moore, Robert C. Reynolds

Overview

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." Essential in agriculture, geology, and in making informed engineering decisions, this text offers the necessary information on the properties of these minerals, combining theoretical discussion with recipe-like directions for laboratory procedures. Ideal for students who have completed introductory geology, chemistry, and mineralogy courses, this text can also be used as a reference for researchers and workers in industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195087130
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/13/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 6.88(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

University of New Mexico.

Dartmouth College

Table of Contents

1.. Introduction and Historical Background2.. Nature and Production of X-Rays3.. X-Ray Diffraction4.. Structure and Properties: General Treatment5.. *6.. Sample Preparation Techniques for Clay Minerals7.. Identification of Clay Minerals and Associated Minerals8.. Identification of Mixed-Layered Clay Minerals9.. Quantitative Analysis10.. *Appendix: Modeling One-Dimensional X-Ray Patterns

Editorial Reviews

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)

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