Technical Mineralogy and Petrography: An Introduction to Materials Technology, Part A (Materials Science Monographs, 43A)

This work is a two-part set of data essential for mineralogists involved in the examination of mineral raw materials and the design of the technology for manufacturing mineral materials. Natural scientists by training, mineralogists often have difficulty in adapting their skills to the special needs of industry. The level of these needs often exceeds the range of parameters deemed sufficient for the requirements of geology. So, besides a list of the fundamental optical parameters of minerals and inorganic phases, Part A includes other physicochemical parameters, as well as examples of raw material quality assessment cards and the microstructural analysis of materials. Part B is a compilation of typical microstructures of various industrial mineral materials divided into eight different groups. The verbal descriptions traditional in mineralogy and petrography are accompanied by digital descriptions based on the theory of graphs. This part of the book is introduced by an illustration of the principle of the digital descriptions of microstructures.