ELEMENTS OF MINERALOGY
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS AND SUBSTANCE SYSTEMS SINGLE CRYSTALS CHEMICAL DEVIATION FROM STOICHIOMETRY STRUCTURAL DEFECTS CERAMICS MATERIAL SYSTEMS EXAMPLE SYSTEM CAO-AL2O3-SIO2 MATERIAL PROPERTIES MECHANICAL PROPERTIES THERMAL PROPERTIES REFERENCES INORGANIC NON-METALLIC RAW MATERIALS NATURAL STONE COMPOSITION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF NATURAL STONES PHYSICAL-TECHNICAL PROPERTIES EXPLOITATION AND USE OF NATURAL STONE SAND AND GRAVEL FORMATION AND TYPES OF DEPOSITS MINERAL COMPOSITION AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES GRANULOMETRIC PROPERTIES EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING USE OF SANDS AND GRAVELS IN INDUSTRY CLAY RAW MATERIALS STRUCTURE AND CLASSI?CATION OF CLAY MINERALS REFRACTORY CLAYS COARSE CERAMIC CLAYS SPECIAL CLAYS: KAOLIN SPECIAL CLAYS: BENTONITE QUARTZ AND SIO2 RAW MATERIALS THE SIO2 SYSTEM REAL STRUCTURE OF QUARTZ GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF QUARTZ RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRIAL USE FELDSPAR STRUCTURE OF FELDSPAR MINERALS FELDSPAR RAW MATERIALS GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF FORMATION AND FELDSPAR DEPOSITS MICA MINERALS CARBONATES UNBURNT CARBONATE ROCKS BURNT LIME, SINTERED DOLOMITE AND SINTERED MAGNESITE LIMESTONE FOR CEMENT PRODUCTION DEPOSITS OF CARBONATE ROCKS SULPHATES ZEOLITES STRUCTURE PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS NATURAL OCCURRENCE AND SYNTHESIS MINERAL FILLERS GEMSTONES CLASSI?CATION AND FORMATION OF PRECIOUS STONES GEMSTONE PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF DETERMINATION GEMSTONE PROCESSING EVAPORITES OTHER INDUSTRIAL MINERALS FLUORITE BARITE GRAPHITE WOLLASTONITE ZIRCON/BADDELEYITE GARNET GROUP OLIVINE APATITE CERAMIC MATERIALS FINE CERAMIC SILICATE MATERIALS RAW MATERIALS FOR SILICATE FINE CERAMICS RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF CLAY-WATER MIXTURES SHAPING OF CERAMIC BODIES THE CERAMIC FIRING PROCESS COARSE-CERAMIC SILICATE MATERIALS GLAZES GLASS THE GLASS STATE STRUCTURE OF GLASSES GLASS MATERIALS AND GLASS PRODUCTION GLASS PROPERTIES GLASS CERAMICS BUILDING MATERIALS AND BINDERS BUILDING MATERIALS BINDERS GYPSUM-BASED BINDERS LIMESTONE-BASED BINDERS HYDRATION OF CEMENT REFRACTORY MATERIALS REFRACTORY FABRIC SYSTEMS THE CRYSTALLINE NORMAL PRESSURE MODI?CATIONS OF SIO2 THE BINARY SYSTEM SIO2-AL2O3 THE BINARY SYSTEM CAO-MGO CLASSI?CATION OF REFRACTORY MATERIALS TERMINOLOGY FIRECLAY BRICKS SILICA BRICKS BASIC REFRACTORY MATERIALS TEST METHODS OF REFRACTORY MATERIALS ABRASION RESISTANCE ALKALI OXIDE BURSTING REFRECTORINESS UNDER LOAD THERMAL EXPANSION UNDER LOAD ELASTICITY MODULUS – E MODULUS GAS PERMEABILITY HOT BENDING STRENGTH/HOT COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH POROSITY AND PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANCE THERMAL EXPANSION THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MINERAL MATERIALS IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING/ELECTRONICS DIELETRICS AND FERROELECTRICS PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS SEMICONDUCTORS INSULATORS NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC HARD MATERIALS METALLIC HARD MATERIALS STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES MANUFACTURE NON-METALLIC HARD MATERIALS SYNTHETIC NON-METALLIC HARD MATERIALS NATURAL NON-METALLIC HARD MATERIALS CRYSTAL GROWING THE VERNEUIL METHOD THE CZOCHRALSKI METHOD THE ZONE MELTING PROCESS THE HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS MINERALOGICAL ASPECTS IN POWER ENGINEERING MINERALOGICAL ASPECTS OF COAL ENERGY PRODUCTION NUCLEAR ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY CHARACTERISATION OF RESIDUES AND WASTE DISPOSAL MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE SOURCES OF AEROSOLS (EMISSION) TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES AND RESIDENCE TIME OF AEROSOLS IN THE ATMOSPHERE DISCHARGE OF DUST FROM THE AIR (IMMISSION) MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF AEROSOLS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF AEROSOLS AND ASPECTS OF DUST MEASUREMENT ASBESTOS NATURAL STONE WEATHERING AND RESTORATION OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WEATHERING AND STONE DECAY DAMAGE ANALYSIS PROCEDURES FOR THE REPAIR OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BIOMINERALOGY: BIOMATERIALS PRINCIPLES OF BIOMINERALIZATION NATURAL BIOMINERAL SYSTEMS BACTERIAL FORMATION OF FE/MN MINERALS CARBONATE BIOMINERALS PHOSPHATES AS BIOMINERALS SIO2 FORMATION BY ORGANISMS MINERALS IN THE HUMAN BODY TECHNICAL BIOMATERIALS FROM ORE TO STEEL FROM ORE TO PIG IRON IRON ORES AND PRECURSOR PRODUCTS THE BLAST FURNACE PROCESS THE IRON-CARBON SYSTEM FROM PIG IRON TO STEEL REFERENCE