GEORESOURCES

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

GE425

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF EARTH AND PLANETS

Disciplinary Sector:

Mineral Geological Resources and Mineralogic and Petrographic Applications for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

Good knowledge of the chemical, mineralogical and petrographic disciplines.

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GEORESOURCES

GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF EARTH AND PLANETS

Objectives

Provide a complete overview of the various types of georisources present in nature, their retrieval and possibility of application.
Detail the various characterization methodologies.
Indicate the mineral synthesis methodologies useful from georisources in environmental and non environmental conditions. Quantification of mineralogical phases in synthetic products.

Contents

GEORESOURCES AND Industrial Minerals :
-Clays (caolin and ceramic materials)
-Minerals for agriculture and chemical industry
-Raw materials for glass industry
-Tripoli, microcristalline silica and diatoms
-Calcium silicates and feldspathoids for industrial and medical uses
- Industrial cements
-Zeolites (deposits, synthesis and uses)
-Pigments
CHARACTERIZATION OF geomaterialS
Characterizations (spectroscopic, chemical, morphological, physics, thermal analyses etc).
Behaviour in room and experimental conditions.
Rietveld method -QPA (Quantitative Phase Analysis) and RIR (Reference Intensity Ratio)

SYNTHESIS OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS BY THE USE OF GEORESOURCES
Hydrothermal synthesis - Synthesis at high P and T.

Extended Syllabus

SYNTHESIS OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS BY THE USE OF GEORESOURCES
Hydrothermal synthesis - Synthesis at high P and T.

Recommended Bibliography

-Industrial minerals and rocks (Commodities, Markets and Uses). 7th edition edited by Kogel, Trivedi, Barker and Krukowski.
-D.A.C. Manning. Introduction to Industrial Minerals. Springer.
-B. Velde. Introduction to Clay Minerals. Springer.
Slides.
-Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Vol.74: Applied Mineralogy of Cement & Concrete. Mineralogical Society of America, Geochemical Society. Ed. J.J. Rosso
.J. P. Ingham. Geomaterials under the microscope. Manson Publishing.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and practical exercises in the laboratory.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Verifications in progress through written tests.
The final grade will be the average of the individual votes.

Contacts/More Information

There is a reception for students on days and times to be agreed.
tel: 08713556153.
email: daniela.novembre@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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