Resource, characteristic, purification and application of quartz: a review

X Pan, S Li, Y Li, P Guo, X Zhao, Y Cai - Minerals Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As a mineral resource, due to its stable physical chemistry properties, quartz has a wide
range of uses, such as silica glass, silica ceramics, silicon metal in the semiconductor field …

A review on mechanical activation and mechanical alloying in stirred media mill

G Mucsi - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Comminution in stirred media mills is a frequently applied top-down method towards the
production of micron-and submicron particles. However, due to the high energy density, this …

Thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate (calcite polymorph) as examined by in-situ high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction

KSP Karunadasa, CH Manoratne, H Pitawala… - Journal of Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The temperature dependence of composition, unit cell parameters, thermal expansion
coefficients and microstructure during complete thermal decomposition of calcite has been …

Mechanical activation of lead–zinc mine tailings as a substitution for cement in concrete construction

A Saedi, A Jamshidi-Zanjani, M Mohseni… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Use of mine tailings as a replacement for cement in concrete construction is a highly efficient
method to reduce the environmental pollution of tailings' accumulation including toxic …

Mechanical grinding kinetics and particle packing novel characterization of iron ore tailings as inert filler for cement mortar

X Gu, B Liu, Z Li, H Wang, J Liu, ML Nehdi… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study utilized image processing techniques to extract the morphological parameters of
IOTs and established a grinding kinetic equation for particle morphology. The Divas …

Hydration kinetics and properties of cement blended with mechanically activated gold mine tailings

X Lyu, G Yao, Z Wang, Q Wang, L Li - Thermochimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the hydration kinetics and properties of cement blended with raw and
mechanically activated gold mine tailings were investigated. The results showed that the …

Engineering an effective MnO2 catalyst from LaMnO3 for catalytic methane combustion

Q Yu, C Wang, X Li, Z Li, L Wang, Q Zhang, G Wu, Z Li - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
An effective manganese oxide (MnO 2) was synthesized by a combined ball-milling and
selective atom removal method from LaMnO 3. The catalyst showed a high activity for …

Effects of mechanical grinding on pozzolanic activity and hydration properties of quartz

G Yao, T Cui, J Zhang, J Wang, X Lyu - Advanced Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
To provide basic research into the utilization of mine tailings as supplementary cementitious
materials in cement, the pozzolanic activity and hydration properties of quartz-a common …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation of high-purity quartz sand by vein quartz purification and characteristics: a case study of Pakistan vein quartz

M **a, X Yang, Z Hou - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on the purification and evaluation of the high-purity quartz (HPQ)
potential of vein quartz ore from Pakistan. Vein quartz is grayish-white and translucent, with …

Evaluation of particle size reduction and agglomeration in dry grinding of natural quartz in a planetary ball mill

PL Guzzo, FBM de Barros, BR Soares, JB Santos - Powder Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates particle size reduction and interparticle agglomeration in clear and
milky quartz ground in a planetary ball mill for up to 32 h. Particle size distribution and …