This chapter presents typical mid-IR (MIR) and near-IR (NIR) spectra of different clay mineral
families and discusses how basic information on crystal chemistry can be derived. MIR …

Several structural families reported in this book can be described by using concepts of
modular crystallography (Thompson 1978; Veblen 1991; Merlino 1997; Ferraris et al. 2004) …

Traditional biological processes combined with chemical precipitation methods can
effectively reduce phosphate concentration in wastewater. However, discharge standards …

Progressive heat treatment was applied to palygorskite, and the changes of the position and
intensity of its infrared vibrations, particularly those in the low wavenumber region, were …

Various methods including acid treatment, heat treatment and surface modification have
been used to improve the adsorption properties of natural palygorskite. However, the …

Efficient phosphate removal from wastewater is critical for the safety of natural water bodies
against eutrophication and for the replenishment of unrenewable phosphorus resources. In …

The influence of chemical composition to position and intensity of the absorption bands
observed in the FTIR spectra of palygorskite has been studied by a detailed comparative …

To further improve the adsorption capacity of palygorskite, this study first prepared
lanthanum–magnesium (La–Mg)-modified palygorskite (LMPA) via co-precipitation and heat …

In this work, natural palygorskite impregnated with zero-valent iron (ZVI) was prepared and
characterized. The combination of ZVI particles on surface of fibrous palygorskite can help to …

Attapulgite has rarely been used in lanthanum-based alginate hydrogel development for
phosphate elimination. The associated research gaps regarding green fabrication, eco …