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The use of rheologically problematic Turkish clays with dry granulation technology in porcelain tile production
In this study, the use of rheologically problematic carbonate-bearing clay from the Bilecik and Çanakkale Region of Turkey in porcelain tile bodies...
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Basic Guidelines for Prospecting and Technological Assessment of Clays for the Ceramic Industry, Part 1
Abstract: Clays are irreplaceable raw materials for ceramic processing. The availability of clay deposits of suitable quality and quantity is an...
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Basic Guidelines for Prospecting and Technological Assessment of Clays for the Ceramic Industry. Part 2
Abstract: Clays are irreplaceable raw materials for ceramic processing. The availability of clay deposits of suitable quality and quantity is an...
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Evaluation of the Properties of Red Ceramics Prepared with Ornamental Rock
The cutting and processing of rocks in the ornamental rock industry have a significant environmental impactEnvironmental impact, resulting in the... -
Application of Clay Composites for Microplastics Removal from Environment
Extensive utilization of plastic has resulted in elevated levels of microplastics (MPs) in environment, which requires immediate attention.... -
Bauxite Residue/Red Mud
The chapter on bauxite residue (red mud) comprehensively reviews all aspects of bauxite residue from separation, management and disposal through to... -
Clay-Based Composites and Nanocomposites for Drug Delivery
The health advantages of clays for humans and animals are widely documented, and clays have been utilized in traditional medicine since antiquity.... -
Placing nanoplastics in the context of global plastic pollution
Numerous studies have made the ubiquitous presence of plastic in the environment undeniable, and thus it no longer comes as a surprise when...
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Technological Properties of Clay Raw Materials of the Northwest Orenburg Region
The chemical composition and technological properties of clay polymineral raw materials from the northwest of the Orenburg region were studied. On...
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Synthesis of Pillared Clay Adsorbents and Their Applications in Treatment of Dye Containing Wastewater
Dyes are refectory organic compounds present in aqueous streams and are not easily degradable. Adsorption is one of the efficient and economical... -
Biodegradable Polymers and Their Bionanocomposites Based on Layered Silicates: Environmental Applications
Bionanocomposites are hybrid materials comprising inorganic nanoparticles or nanofillers disposed in a biopolymer matrix. Different functional... -
Biocomposites from Microalgae
From back in 1950, world production of plastic has expanded to 8.4% of annual growth rate and every year, global plastic manufacture has exceeded 400... -
Influence of hard rock dust on the physical and microstructural properties of red ceramic materials
Rock dust disposal is a concern in a hard rock mining site which results from blasting operation during mining. Significant amount of rock dust is...
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Drying-Induced Cracking of Raw-Earth Plaster
The widespread adoption of raw earth materials in mainstream construction practices continues to encounter multiple challenges, where the main... -
Novel Biopolymer-Based Sustainable Composites for Food Packaging Applications
Increased demand for packaged food products urgently requires innovation in sustainable packaging materials to replace prevailing plastic materials... -
Energy saving technology for sintering of black bricks from high-siliceous clay
The low-temperature synthesis of bricks prepared from high-siliceous clays by the method of plastic molding of blanks was used. For the preparation...
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Chemical, mineralogical and physical study of Late Iron Age ceramics from Nditam: Cameroon (West central Africa)
This paper studied Late Iron Age ceramic fragments from Nditam village (Centre Region, Cameroon), the technological features and deduced the type of...
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Meso- and microplastic distribution and spatial connections to metal contaminations in highly cultivated and urbanised floodplain soilscapes – a case study from the Nidda River (Germany)
Floodplain soilscapes act as temporary sinks in the environment and are nowadays affected by multiple contaminant accumulations and exposures,...
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Copper nanowires as an additive to water-based drilling fluid
3D nanostructures, such as nanoparticles, it is the most used nanomaterial. However, 1D nanostructures such as nanowires (NWs) have equivalent...
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Identification of Fazael 2 (4000–3900 BCE) as first lost wax casting workshop in the Chalcolithic Southern Levant
Apart from many lost wax cast metal fragments, crucible fragments and several heated sediment nodules were found at the Chalcolithic site Fazael 2...