Instrumental Techniques for the Analysis of Paper Fillers and Pigments

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 207-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Robert Andrews ◽  
Robert Kenneth Mays

The chemical analyses of pigments and fillers are important to both the manufacturer and the papermaker. Most standard analytical methods, including those of Technical Association of the Paper and Pulp Industry, are based on the so-called classical gravimetric and volumetric techniques. The major components analyzed are TiO2, SiO2 and Al2O3 . X-ray diffraction methods are available for the identification of crystalline fillers and pigments in finished paper.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Khoa Phung Thanh ◽  
Khanh Vu Bao ◽  
Phat Huynh Van ◽  
Truc Nguyen Kim ◽  
An Tran Nguyen Minh ◽  
...  

Lignin is one of main components of lignocellulosic along with cellulose and hemicellulose. It is a by-product of the paper and pulp industry, and has aromatic backbones making them an ideal renewable feedstock of aromatic compounds for a range of applications. Catalytic conversion of lignin from Earleaf Acacia tree was performed using high pressure/temperature reactor with Ru/C catalyst and protic solvents. The results showed that the conversion of lignin depends on the solvent polarity of protic solvents, and Ru/C catalyst enhanced the lignin conversion. Phenolic compounds are the main components of lignin conversion. Those compounds can be applied as a basement for bulk chemical and fuels.


2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 2823-2832
Author(s):  
P. Elliott ◽  
A. Pring

AbstractThe crystal structure of the manganese phosphate mineral gatehouseite, ideally Mn52+(PO4)2(OH)4, space group P212121, a = 17.9733(18), b = 5.6916(11), c = 9.130(4) Å, V= 933.9(4) Å3, Z = 4, has been solved by direct methods and refined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data (T = 293 K) to an R index of 3.76%. Gatehouseite is isostructural with arsenoclasite and with synthetic Mn52+(PO4)2(OH)4. The structure contains five octahedrally coordinated Mn sites, occupied by Mn plus very minor Mg with observed <Mn—O> distances from 2.163 to 2.239 Å. Two tetrahedrally coordinated P sites, occupied by P, Si and As, have <P—O> distances of 1.559 and 1.558 Å. The structure comprises two types of building unit. A strip of edge-sharing Mn(O,OH)6 octahedra, alternately one and two octahedra wide, extends along [010]. Chains of edge- and corner-shared Mn(O,OH)6 octahedra coupled by PO4 tetrahedra extend along [010]. By sharing octahedron and tetrahedron corners, these two units form a dense three-dimensional framework, which is further strengthened by weak hydrogen bonding. Chemical analyses by electron microprobe gave a unit formula of (Mn4.99Mg0.02)Σ5.01(P1.76Si0.07(As0.07)Σ2.03O8(OH)3.97.


1963 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-267
Author(s):  
A. F. MacKenzie ◽  
C. A. Campbell

Samples of material less than 2 μ in diameter were obtained from the surface horizon of a Guelph loam and of a Haldimand clay loam. These samples were subjected to six successive treatments with the meta-stable triple point solution of monocalcium phosphate monohydrate (MTPS) to simulate the environment near a dissolving superphosphate granule. Samples of montmorillonite and illite standard clays were also included. The dissolution losses in per cent were: Guelph clay 59.5, Haldimand clay 40.4, montmorillonite 3.4, and illite 8.1. Total chemical analyses, X-ray diffraction techniques, differential thermal analyses and electron microscope observations were used to determine the nature of these losses. In the soil clay separates, vermiculite and interstratified montmorillonite were more susceptible to the action of MTPS than were the illite or halloysite clay minerals.


2000 ◽  
Vol 658 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Manthiram ◽  
R. V. Chebiam ◽  
F. Prado

ABSTRACTLayered Co1-yNiyO2-δ oxides with 0≤y≤1 have been synthesized by chemically extracting lithium from LiNi1-yCoyO2 with NO2PF6 at ambient temperature. The samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, wet-chemical analyses, infrared spectroscopy, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. While NiO2-δ retains the initial O3 (CdCl2 structure) layer structure of LiNiO2, CoO2-δ consists of a mixture of P3 and O1 (CdI2 structure) phases that are formed by a sliding of the oxide ions in the initial O3 structure. CoO2-δ and NiO2-δ have oxygen contents of, respectively, 1.67 and 1.95 and the oxygen content increases with increasing Ni content, y, in Co1-yNiyO2-δ. While CoO2-δ exhibits metallic conductivity as revealed by theabsence of absorption bands in the infrared spectrum, NiO2-δ exhibits semiconducting behavior due to a completely filled t2g band. Magnetic data reveal a transition from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic correlations as the Ni content in Co1-yNiyO2-δ increases.


Clay Minerals ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Pearson ◽  
J. S. Small

AbstractClay mineral abundances and illite-smectite (I/S) compositions have been determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) in shales of Permo-Triassic to Quaternary age from seven wells in the Viking Graben and Moray Firth. Chemical analyses of size fractions provide evidence that diagenetic illitization of smectite has occurred during burial by uptake of Al and K, and release of Si. K-feldspar was probably the main source of K for illitization. The depth at which random I/S disappears occurs at similar temperatures (mean 93°C) in each well for which reliable measurements are available. Vitrinite reflectance measurements at this depth are also similar (mean 0·64% R0) and correspond to early oil generation. I/S diagenetic levels may have been imprinted by a Tertiary heating event.


2020 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 674-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián López-Quirós ◽  
Antonio Sánchez-Navas ◽  
Fernando Nieto ◽  
Carlota Escutia

Abstract Glauconite must be assessed as mica-rich mica-smectite R3 interstratified mineral, with the pure end-member mica also having intrinsic K-deficient chemical characteristics (K+ ~ 0.8 apfu). This assertion is in accordance with our X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution tranmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) studies and chemical analyses by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) of mature glauconites in Cenozoic Antarctic sediments that indicate that: (1) It consists of a glauconite-smectite (R3 ordered) mixed-layer silicate, composed mainly of mica-type layers (&gt;90%), but displaying slightly different proportions of Fe(III)-smectite layers (&lt;10%). (2) More mature glaucony grains are characterized by major K+ and VIFe2+ (mica layers) and minor VIFe3+ (smectite layers) content in the interstratified glauconite-smectite. (3) Potassium is stabilized at the interlayer site by the octahedrally coordinated Fe2+. (4) Microtexture of the glauconite crystals are comparable with those of other micas and illite minerals, with straight, defect-free lattice fringes of ~10 Å spacings glauconite packets characteristic of mica with minor interstratified poorly crystalline smectite layers. In addition, our new findings give insights into the glauconitization process and at the same time investigate the potassium-deficient character of the dioctahedral mica “glauconite.” These findings show that glauconite crystallizes by a layer-growth mechanism at the expense of a poorly crystalline smectite precursor and that smectiteto-glauconite transformations are accompanied by a gradually higher octahedral charge deficiency (Fe2+/Fe3+) stabilized by K+ uptake into the interlayer sheet.


2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (9) ◽  
pp. 613-621
Author(s):  
Marc André Althoff ◽  
Jörn Frederik Martens ◽  
Marco Reichel ◽  
Manfred Metzulat ◽  
Thomas Matthias Klapötke ◽  
...  

Abstract The molecular and single crystal structure of O,O-diethyl O-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl] phosphorothioate oxalate, as determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies, is described for the first time; although this compound is well-known by industry and research from the mid-20th century. The known decomposition product of pure O,O-diethyl O-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl] phosphorothioate could also be structurally characterized. Additionally, the compounds are characterized by recent analytical methods e.g. NMR. The findings of our study support the thesis that the isolated decomposition product must be a by-product of the thiono-thiolo rearrangement process of the title compound.


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