GLAUCONITE GRANULATE OBTAINING AND TESTING

Abstract

The structural features and chemical composition of glauconite clay were studied using a scanning electron microscope and X-ray fluorescence analysis (X-ray diffraction). A granulate based on glauconite clay with different sintering time and temperature was obtained and the effect of the granulation process on the sorption properties of granular aluminosilicates was studied. Chemical and thermal stability of glauconite, as well as ion exchange properties, open opportunities for the creation of porous materials based on natural minerals with controlled properties that can replace synthetic analogues, the production of which is associated with high technological costs.