Thermal Analysis in the Geosciences

Geosciences in thermal analysis development.- Differential scanning calorimetry and its applications to mineralogy and the geosciences.- Variable atmosphere thermal analysis — methods, gas atmospheres and applications to geoscience materials.- Measurement of different water species in minerals by means of thermal derivatography.- The determination of hydrated sulphates in the weathered crystalline rocks by means of thermal analysis.- Internal thermal reactions of minerals.- Kinetical study of mineral reactions by means of controlled transformation rate thermal analysis (CRTA).- Thermoanalytical investigations of binary oxide systems.- Kinetic analysis of the crystallization of silicate melts by means of DSC, DTA and thermal optical methods.- Application of thermal analysis in mineral technology.- Thermal investigations in technical mineralogy.- Application of thermal methods in raw material control and during the production process.- A study of the thermal behaviour and geotechnical properties of a marine clay and its composites.- Thermal analysis of selected illite and smectite clay minerals. Part I. Illite clay specimens.- Thermal analysis of selected illite and smectite clay minerals. Part II. Smectite clay minerals.- Remarks on the applicability of thermal analysis for the investigations of clays and related materials.- Differential thermal analysis (DTA) of organo-clay complexes.- Thermal analysis in environmental studies.