Calcium Carbonate

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.

• Calcium Carbonate
• Geologie
• Geology
• History
• Industrial Use
• chemistry
• crystal
• deposits
• extraction
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