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Potassium-Depleted Muscovite. Part I. Preparation Using Filtration Process for Treatment with Molten Lithium Nitrate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

R. D. Bronson ,
J. M. Spain  and
J. L. White
R. D. Bronson
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
J. M. Spain*
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
J. L. White
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, USA
*
2Present address: North Carolina State College, c/o P.C.E.A. Ediflcio Ministerio de Trabajo, Lima, Peru.
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Abstract

The reaction between molten lithium nitrate and muscovite does not go to completion in a single treatment because of the equilibrium restriction imposed by the presence of potassium in the melt. An apparatus consisting of a stainless steel vessel with a porous stainless steel filter, valve and vacuum connections was designed to eliminate this restriction and to provide for more complete removal of the equilibrium melt in each successive treatment.

Macroscopic swelling of the muscovite in the molten lithium nitrate was observed after prolonged treatment. x-Ray diffraction examination of samples of solidified melt revealed intracrystalline swelling in the muscovite.

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Clays and Clay Minerals (National Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals) , Volume 8 , February 1959 , pp. 39 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 1959

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Footnotes

Journal Article no. 1510, Purdue University Agr. Exp. Sta., Lafayette, Indiana.

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