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Clay Mineralogy: An Introductory Course.

Ray E. Ferrell, Jr. E-series #1, The Clay Minerals Society, Chantilly, VA, USA. Single CD. Price $10.00.

Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 W State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USA

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Every now and then, something comes along that is both a great value and extremely useful. Clay Mineralogy: An Introductory Course falls into that category. The CD contains material assembled by Prof. Ray Ferrell for use in his graduate-level clay mineralogy course at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It represents 12 years of experience in the use of electronic media by Prof. Ferrell to provide course content for his undergraduate and graduate courses. The CD provides a wealth of material that should be of interest to students, teachers and professionals.

The ‘core’ of the material is structured around six modules that cover: (1) introduction to clay mineralogy; (2) basic mineralogy and classification; (3) geological origin; (4) aqueous solubility and ion exchange; (5) waste isolation and fluid flow; and (6) X-ray powder diffraction. This material is covered in . . . [Full Text of this Article]