Developments in Palygorskite-Sepiolite Research
A New Outlook on these Nanomaterials

The huge variety of industrial and medical applications of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite make this comprehensive book about the important advances in their characterization extremely timely

Arieh Singer (Volume editor), Emilio Galan (Volume editor)

9780444536075, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 July 2011

520 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.1 cm, 1 kg

The aim of this comprehenvise book is to present the most important results achieved in the research of the clay minerals palygorskite and sepiolite. Palygorskite and sepiolite have found to be useful in a huge variety of industrial and medical applications. As a result, research on these clays has been intensified during the last two decades, and important advances in their characterization have been made. The book contains contributions from distinguished scientists in the field.

PART 1: ADVANCES IN THE STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY OF SEPIOLITE AND PALYGORSKITE 1. The Structures and Microtextures of the Palygorskite-Sepiolite Group Minerals 2. Advances in the Crystal Chemistry of Sepiolite and Palygorskite PART 2: PALYGORSKITE-SEPIOLITE GEOCHEMISTRY, GENESIS AND DEPOSITS 3. Environmental Influences on the Occurrences of Sepiolite and Palygorskite: a Brief Review 4. An Introduction to Palygorskite and Sepiolite Deposits – Location, Geology and Uses 5. Palygorskite Clays in Marine Sediments: Records of Extreme Climate 6. Palygorskite and Sepiolite Deposits in Continental Environments. Description, Genetic Patterns and Sedimentary Settings 7. Sepiolite-Palygorskite Occurrences in Turkey 8. Genesis and Distribution of Palygorskite in Iranian Soils and Sediments 9. Evidence for the Biogenic Origin of Sepiolite 10. Overview of Chinese Palygorskite Clay Resources - their Geology, Mineralogy, Depositional Environment, Applications and Processing 11. Amargosa Sepiolite and Saponite Geology, Mineralogy and Markets PART 3: APPLICATIONS: INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENT, ADVANCED MATERIALS, OTHERS 12. Current Industrial Applications of Palygorskite and Sepiolite 13. Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Uses of Fibrous Clays 14. The Effects of Palygorskite on Chemical and Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils 15. Adsorption of Surfactants, Dyes and Cationic Herbicides on Sepiolite and Palygorskite: Modifications, Applications and Modeling 16. Sepiolite and Palygorskite as Sealing Materials for the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide 17. Advanced Materials and New Applications of Sepiolite and Palygorskite 18. The Maya Blue Pigment

Subject Areas: Nanotechnology [TBN], Stratigraphy [RBGH], Mineralogy & gems [PNV]