CaO–SiO2–Al2O3–Fe Oxides Chemical System

This book describes and comments on the results of research devoted to the
studies of phase assemblages in the CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-Fe oxides chemical system,
their stability and their evolution in our environment (temperature,
pressure). Its aim is to be a research support, not only for researchers and
development engineers but also more generally for others interested in
materials sciences. The book is divided in two parts; the first devoted to a
description of ‘the system’ using phase diagrams. The second explores the
properties and uses of some of the minerals that are in widespread industrial
and commercial use. Much of the work presented in this book is fully original
and corresponds to the research undertaken by François Sorrentino from his
time at the chemistry department of the University of Aberdeen during the
early 1970’s, to recent years when he has resumed his interest in mineral
research, particularly related to the synthesis of calcium silicates and
calcium aluminates, and their industrial manufacture.