Intercalation experiments for morphological alteration of ...
using, for example, the clay minerals contained in iron ore tailings. In general, the minerals identified in iron ore tailings (IOT) are hematite, goethite, gibbsite, muscovite, quartz, and kaolinite. Kaolinite [Al 2 (OH) 4 Si 2 O 5] is a clay mineral belonging to the kaolin group and occurs in the plate-like shape. The kaolinite can be ...