Industrial mineral

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"Industrial minerals" redirects here. For a publication, see
Industrial Minerals (magazine).

Industrial resources (minerals) are geological materials that are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (

mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals) but are used in the industries based on their physical and/or chemical properties.[1]
They are used in their natural state or after
beneficiation
either as raw materials or as additives in a wide range of applications.

Examples and applications

Typical examples of industrial rocks and minerals are

barite, gypsum, and talc
. Some examples of applications for industrial minerals are
detergents and paper
.

In some cases, even organic materials (peat) and industrial products or by-products (cement, slag, silica fume) are categorized under industrial minerals, as well as metallic compounds mainly utilized in non-metallic form (as an example most titanium is utilized as an oxide TiO2 rather than Ti metal).

The evaluation of raw materials to determine their suitability for use as industrial minerals requires technical test-work, mineral processing trials and end-product evaluation; free to download evaluation manuals are available for the following industrial minerals: limestone,

Industrial Minerals magazine
.

List of industrial minerals by name

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780873352338
    .
  2. doi:10.7251/QOL1701041M
    .
  3. ISSN 1857-8586
    .
  4. ISBN 9781862390997
    .
  5. doi:10.4154/gc.2019.18
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  6. ISBN 9781862390997
    .
  7. ^ Cekova, Blagica. "Structural examinations of natural raw materials pumice and trepel from Republic of Macedonia". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ISBN 9781862390997
    .

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