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| Kočí, Jan | Prague |
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- 2024Fabrication of eco-friendly nanocellulose-chitosan-calcium Phosphate ternary nanocomposite for wastewater remediationcitations
- 2023The mechanisms of calcium-catalyzed graphenization of cellulose and lignin biochars uncoveredcitations
- 2022Nanocellulose and its derivative materials for energy and environmental applications ; Nanocellulose and its derivative materials for energy and environmental applications: Reviewcitations
- 2022Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Sustainable Composite Building Materials Produced by the Reprocessing of Low-Density Polyethylene, Biochar, Calcium Phosphate, and Phosphogypsum Wastescitations
- 2022Nanocellulose and its derivative materials for energy and environmental applicationscitations
- 2021Chitin and Chitosan Based Composites for Energy and Environmental Applications: A Reviewcitations
- 2020Extraction and Characterization of Nanomaterials from Agrowaste
- 2020Characterization of some selected Ghanaian clay minerals for potential industrial applicationscitations
- 2018Upgrading greenhouse gases (methane and carbon dioxide) into syngas using nickel-based catalystscitations
- 2018Upgrading greenhouse gases (methane and carbon dioxide) into syngas using nickel-based catalystscitations
- 2014Stress relaxation behavior of organically modified montmorillonite filled natural rubber/nitrile rubber nanocompositescitations
- 2013Transport of organic solvents through natural rubber/nitrile rubber/organically modified montmorillonite nanocompositescitations
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Characterization of some selected Ghanaian clay minerals for potential industrial applications
Abstract
The aim of this work was to study five (5) selected local raw clay materials from Ghana using different characterization techniques such as Thermogravimetric/Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy equipped with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) and Nitrogen Desorption (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, BET) specific surface area analysis. The clay samples studied are; Nkroful kaolin (NK), Amanfrom kaolin (AK), Ball clay (BC), Akyem Feldspar (AF) and Akwatia silica (AS). SEM and EDX show the morphological features of the five clay samples and also confirm the presence of some dominant elemental compositions such as aluminium and silicon in all the samples. FTIR show that the vibrations spectra in the region around 3,600-3,700 cm-1 and 700-800 cm-1 are due to M-OH groups and that at 900-1000 cm-1 corresponds to Si-O-Si modes. BET analysis gives specific surface area of the clay samples as NK (4.6 m2/g), AK (21.9 m2/g), BC (25.50 m2/g), AS (0.79 m2/g) and AF (0.49 m2/g). X-ray diffraction pattern confirm the presence of quartz as the major reflection in all the samples analysed and only kaolinite reflections appeared in three of the samples (NK, AK and BC). All the kaolinite clays (NK, AK and BC) are suitable starting materials for the fabrication of electroporcelain insulators, catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters.