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Subject: Clays

 

Scholarity:

2/2/0; 3.5 UC; 5the year/ 2nd semester

 

Programme Contents:

Theoretical and Theoretical and Practical:

Basic Concepts. Crystallochemistry and Systemics of the Clay Minerals. The Clay and the Rocks Cycle. Genesis of the Clay Minerals and Clays. Diagenesis of Clays. The Clay Minerals and Clays in Sedimentary Basins Analysis. Synthesis of Clay Minerals. Technological Classification and Types of Clays. Clay Properties and Apllications: in Ceramics, and in the Paper, Rubber, Paint, Plastic, Refractory and Ciment Industries. Interaction between Clay and Inorganic and Organic Pollutants. The Clay in Geology of Engineering.


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