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Characterization of the Clay Collected in the Locality of Dolisie in Congo-Brazzaville
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
Département de Chimie, Biochimie et Physique and Institut de Recherche sur l’Hydrogène, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
- 1 Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
- 2 Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
- 3 Département de Chimie, Biochimie et Physique and Institut de Recherche sur l’Hydrogène, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- 4 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
- 5 Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
- 6 Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
- 7 Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale Appliquée (LACMA), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo Brazzaville
Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering·Volume 10 (2022)·Pages 93–105·Published 11 February 2022·DOI10.4236/jmmce.2022.102007
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Abstract
This work aims at the characterization of the clay of the locality of Dolisie for its valorization. The mineralogical analysis was determined by the following techniques (DRX, IR, ATG and ATD), chemical analysis was determined by ICP-AES, CEC was assessed by the Metson method. The geothermal properties were determined by the granulometric analysis of the clay soil and allowed us to position the Dolisie clay in the texture triangle, the landings limits obtained allowed to place the Dolisie clay in the abacus of Casagrande and on the workability map of Bain and Highy. Chemical analysis showed that silica alumina as well as iron oxides are the major constituents in Dolisie clay The mineralogical balance showed that kaolinite and illite have similar percentages which are (20.51%) kaolinite, (28.08) illites. This leads us to believe that kaolinite is not the dominant mineral and the IR spectrum shows that kaolinite is poorly crystallized.
KeywordsClayCharacterizationMineralogyValuation
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