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Author:   Werner Smykatz-Kloss
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   11
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9783540069065

ISBN 10:   3540069062
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   29 November 1974
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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I. Methods.- 1. Thermogravimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis.- 2. Heat Changes and Their Measurement in DTA.- 2.1 Cause of Heat Changes.- 2.2 DTA Apparatus.- 2.3 Characteristics of DTA Curves and DTA Data.- 2.4 Factors Which Influence DTA Data.- 2.4.1 Furnace Atmosphere.- 2.4.2 Sample Arrangement.- 2.4.3 Thermocouples.- 2.4.4 Heating Rate.- 2.4.5 Reference Material.- 2.4.6 Grain Size and Packing Density.- 2.4.7 Amount of Sample.- 2.4.8 Preparative Factors.- 2.5 The Technique of Measurement and of Standardization.- 2.5.1 Recommendations of ICTA for the Publication of Thermoanalytical Data.- 2.5.2 Standardization and Indirect Characterization by Means of PA-Curve and Standard Temperature.- 3. Calibration and Exactness of Measurement.- 3.1 Calibration.- 3.2 Exactness and Reproducibility of Measurements.- 3.3 Improvement of the Exactness of Measurement Using Internal Standards.- 3.4 Sensibility of Proof.- 4. Quantitative Determinations by DTA.- 4.1 Difficulties in Quantitative DTA Determinations of Minerals.- 4.2 Determination of Thermodynamic Data.- 4.2.1 Equilibrium Temperatures.- 4.2.2 Heat of Reaction, ? H.- 5. Methods Combined with DTA.- 5.1 DTA + High-Temperature X-Ray Analysis.- 5.2 DTA + High-Temperature Microscopy.- 5.3 High-Pressure DTA.- 5.4 DTA + Mass Spectrometer.- 5.5 Other Methods Related to or Combined with DTA.- II. Application of Differential Thermal Analysis to Mineralogy: Identification and Semi-Quantitative Determination of Minerals.- 1. Elements and Chalcogenides.- 1.1 Elements.- 1.2 Chalcogenides.- 2. Halogenides and Sulfates.- 2.1 Halogenides.- 2.2 Sulfates.- 3. Oxides and Hydroxides.- 3.1 Oxides.- 3.2 Hydroxides.- 3.3 Soils and Iron Ores.- 4. Carbonates and Nitrates.- 4.1 Carbonates Free of Water and without Other Anions.- 4.2 Carbonates Free of Water with Other Anions.- 4.3 Hydrated Carbonates without Other Anions.- 4.4 Hydrated Carbonates with Other Anions.- 4.5 Nitrates.- 5. Borates, Phosphates, and Arsenates.- 5.1 Borates.- 5.2 Phosphates and Arsenates.- 6. Ortho-, Ring-, and Chain Silicates.- 7. Sheet Silicates.- 7.1 Kaolinites.- 7.2 Pyrophyllite and Talc.- 7.3 Montmorines (Smectites) and Vermiculites.- 7.4 Micas.- 7.5 Chlorites.- 7.6 Serpentines.- 7.7 Palygorskite and Sepiolite.- 7.8 Clay Minerals with Mixed-Layer Structure.- 7.9 Mixtures of Sedimentary Minerals ( Clays ).- 8. Zeolites.- 9. Allophane, Opal, and Organic Matter of Soils and Sediments.- 10. Development of Identification Diagrams.- III. Special Application of Differential Thermal Analysis in Mineralogy: Statements about Chemical Composition, Degree of Disorder, and Genesis of Minerals.- 1. Influence of the Chemical Composition on the Decomposition Temperatures of Carbonates and Hydroxides.- 1.1 Substitution of Ca++ by Mg++ or Pb++ in Calcites.- 1.2 Substitution of Ca++ by Sr++, Ba++, and Pb++ in Aragonites.- 1.3 Substitution of Mg++ by Fe++ and Mn++ in Dolomites.- 1.4 Hydrozincite and Aurichalcite.- 1.5 The Incorporation of Al+++ into the Structure of Goethite.- 2. Influence of the Chemical Composition on the Temperatures of Structural Transformations.- 2.1 Carbonates.- 2.2 Cu-Ag Sulfides.- 3. Influence of the Chemical Composition on the Curie-Temperatures of Magnetites.- 4. Contribution to the Classification of Chlorites.- 5. Smectites and Vermiculites: The Distinction between Di- and Tri-Octahedral Minerals and Grain Size Determination.- 6. Determination of the Degree of Disorder in Kaolinites.- 7. The Interdependence of Degree of Disorder, High-Low Inversion, and Temperature of Formation of Low-Temperature Cristobalites.- 8. The Determination of Inversion Temperatures of Quartz Crystals as a Petrologic Tool.- 9. The High-Low Inversion Behaviour of Microcrystalline Quartz Crystals.- References.

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