We provide detailed background, theoretical and practical, on the specific heat of minerals
and mixtures thereof,'astro-materials,'as well as background information on common …

Quantitative geochemical modeling is today applied in a variety of geological environments
from the petrogenesis of igneous rocks to radioactive waste disposal. In addition, the …

Topotactic phase transformation enables structural transition without losing the crystalline
symmetry of the parental phase and provides an effective platform for elucidating the redox …

We propose a thermodynamic approach to model the stepwise dehydration with increasing
temperature or decreasing H2O activity of K, Na, Ca and Mg-smectite. The approach relies …

Rare earth elements (REEs) mobilize, fractionate, and are re-distributed during supergene
processes, and thus provide a powerful tool with which to quantitatively reconstruct the …

A set of models for estimating the enthalpy of formation, the entropy, the heat capacity and
the volume of dehydrated phyllosilicates is presented. The model for entropy and heat …

In recent decades, there has been increasing interest in the application of hydrothermal
treatment as a pathway for the immobilisation of arsenic waste from the treatment of complex …

We present two computing tools, ClayTherm and ISTherm, devoted to the estimation of the
thermodynamic properties of both anhydrous and hydrated clay minerals (ClayTherm), and …

The thermodynamic properties of three aluminous 2: 1 clay minerals were acquired at 1.013
bars and at temperatures between 5 and 500K using various calorimetric methods …

Acid oxidative pressure leaching is a cost-effective way for recovering gold from refractory
gold ores such as gold-bearing pyrite, yet our knowledge of the dissolution, crystallization …