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Calcium Carbonate

From the Cretaceous Period into the 21st Century

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  1. F. Wolfgang Tegethoff
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Geology of Calcium Carbonate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Features and characteristics of calcium carbonate

      • Jacques Geyssant
      Pages 2-15

    3. The limestones - development and classification

      • Jacques Geyssant
      Pages 15-30

    4. Limestone deposits

      • Jacques Geyssant
      Pages 31-51

  3. The Cultural History of Limestone

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-54
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    2. The history of chalk

      • Johannes Rohleder
      Pages 55-68

    3. Marble and limestone

      • Johannes Rohleder
      Pages 69-135

  4. Calcium Carbonate - a Modern Resource

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-138
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    2. The beginnings: Calcium carbonate in glazing putty and rubber

      • Johannes Rohleder
      Pages 138-159

    3. Calcium carbonate - pigment and filler

      • Eberhard Huwald
      Pages 160-170

    4. From rock to filler

      • Eberhard Huwald
      Pages 170-195

  5. Calcium Carbonate and Its Industrial Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-198
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    2. Paper

      • Christian Naydowski
      Pages 198-237

    3. Plastics

      • Peter Heß
      Pages 238-259

    4. Surface Coatings

      • Dieter Strauch
      Pages 260-274

    5. Calcium Carbonate - A Versatile Mineral

      • Ralph Kuhlmann
      Pages 275-311

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 313-342
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I. G OLOGY OF CALCIUM CARBO ATE 1 by Jacques Geyssant 1. Features and characteristics of calcium carbonate 2 1. 1 Calcium carbonate - a special compound 2 1. 2 The crystal forms of calcium carbonate - mineralogy 9 2. The limestones - development and classification 15 2. 1 Sedimentation 16 2. 2 Diagenesis - from sediment to rock 23 2. 3 Classification of the limestones 24 2. 4 Metamorphism - from limestone to marble 26 2. 5 Carbonatites - extraordinary limestones 29 3. Limestone deposits 31 3. 1 Recognition of limestones 31 3. 2 Distribution on the Earth's surface 33 3. 3 Limestone deposits in the geological ages 36 3. 4 CaC0 cycle 42 3 3. 5 Industrially exploitable CaC0 deposits 3 44 53 II. TH C LT RAt HI TORY F LIME TONE by Johannes Rohleder 1. The history of chalk 55 2. Marble and limestone 69 2. 1 Quarrying stones 70 2. 2 Transport, organisation and trade 80 2. 3 The uses 97 137 III. CALCI M CARBOl\ATE - A MODER RESOURCE 1. The beginnings: Calcium carbonate in glazing putty and rubber 138 by Johannes Rohleder 1. 1 A chalk industry is born 139 1. 2 Rubber and glazing putty 142 1. 3 From chalk to calcium carbonate 156 2. Calcium carbonate - pigment and filler 160 by Eberhard Huwald 2. 1 Properties and effects of a filler 164 2. 2 Chalk, limestone, marble, pec - common features and differences 165 2. 2.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Calcium Carbonate

  • Book Subtitle: From the Cretaceous Period into the 21st Century

  • Editors: F. Wolfgang Tegethoff

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8245-3

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6425-0Published: 01 November 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9490-6Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8245-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 342

  • Number of Illustrations: 1282 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Inorganic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, general

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