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The determination of quartz in clay materials

A critical comparison of methods

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The quartz contents (maximum, 4 wt.%) of four clay materials and a tourmaline were determined by differential thermal analysis, by X-ray diffraction and by chemical analysis. The results are used to make a critical comparison of these three methods. DTA gives a better precision than X-ray diffraction analysis. The chemical method is judged unreliable in that feldspar and mica, present as minor components, are recorded in part as quartz.

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On a déterminé la teneur en quartz (4% en poids au maximum) de quatre argiles et d'une tourmaline en se servant de l'analyse thermique différentielle, de la diffraction de rayons X et de l'analyse chimique. On a utilisé les résultats pour faire une étude critique des trois méthodes. L'ATD donne une meilleure précision que l'analyse par diffraction X. L'analyse chimique présente peu de sûreté car le feldspath et le mica, présents à l'état de constituants mineurs, interviennent en partie comme le quartz.

Zusammenfassung

Der Quarzgehalt (max. 4%) von vier Tonmineralien und von Turmalin wurde durch Differentialthermoanalyse, Röntgendiffraktion und chemische Analyse bestimmt. Die Ergebnisse ermöglichten einen kritischen Vergleich der drei Methoden. Die DTA ist genauer als die Röntgendiffraktion. Die Chemische Analyse ist unzuverläßlich, da kleinere Mengen an Feldspat und Glimmer ebenfalls teilweise als Quarz erfaßt werden.

Резюме

Методами дифференци ального термическог о анализа, рентген-дифф ракции и химического анализ а определены трумали н и содержание кварца ма кс. 4 вес % в четырех образцах. На основани и полученных результ атов проведено критическ ое сравнение этих трех методов. Найдено, что метод ДТА более на дежен, чем рентген — диффракцио нны анализ. Химический ме тод ненадежен, если пр исутствуют в виде микрокомпонен тов фельдспат и мика, т.к. он и регистрируются как кварц.

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The authors express their thanks to the Directors of English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd. for permission to publish this paper.

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Rowse, J.B., Jepson, W.B. The determination of quartz in clay materials. Journal of Thermal Analysis 4, 169–175 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01911926

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