Muscovite has a typical dioctahedral crystal structure. The atoms arranged in different directions of the crystal lattice will cause the anisotropy of the physical and chemical properties of the muscovite crystal planes, which also leads to the aniso...
Roasting and flotation are common techniques used in mineral processing, and they have increasingly been combined for the pre-concentration of muscovite from stone coal. The research was mainly to study flotation properties of muscovite after roastin...
In this paper, different doses of sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP) were added as grinding aids in the process of muscovite grinding, and the effect of SHMP on the grinding efficiency of muscovite was studied. The grinding experiment results show that...
In this study, electrochemistry pretreatment flotation of muscovite was carried out and the flotation behavior and mechanism of muscovite in the system of sodium oleate and Cu2+ion was characterized by solution pH value detection, solution conductivi...
The dispersion and flocculation behavior of muscovite suspensions in the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+ are relevant for industrial processing of pre-concentrated muscovite from stone coal, a primary source of vanadium. In this study, the dispersion and f...
Vanadium-bearing muscovite is the most valuable component of stone coal, which is a unique source of vanadium manufacture in China. Numbers of experimental studies have been carried out to destroy the carrier muscovite’s structure for efficient extra...
A portion of dodecyl amine (DDA) in a muscovite flotation system was replaced with alcohols with different carbon-chain lengths. These alcohols included octanol (OCT); decanol (DEC); dodecanol (DOD); and tetradecanol (TER). The muscovite adsorption b...
Efficient separation of Cu–Mo sulfide minerals from moraine materials remains a major challenge for low-grade, high-moraine Cu–Mo ores. Fine-grained muscovite induces severe slime coating and gangue entrainment, thereby markedly reducing...
The mixed cationic collector cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) and nonionic collector octanol (OCT) was found to exhibit a synergistic effect on the flotation and adsorption of muscovite. To understand the underlying synergistic mechanism, flota...
In this study, a new approach, “dynamic wettability”, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging analysis techniques were successfully used to characterize the hydrophobization mechanism of the collector dodecylamine (DDA) on muscovite and...
According to the wide application of muscovite in various industries, many studies have focused on its fabrication. However, the process of its synthesis faces long-standing challenges mainly related to the elevated temperature and pressure ambient,...
The unique physicochemical, electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of micas make them suitable for a wide range of industrial applications, and thus, the interest for these kind of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals is still persistent, not onl...
Process mineralogy shows that most vanadium in mica-type black shale exists in the octahedral sites of muscovite. The extraction of vanadium mainly occurs in the acid leaching process with participation of H ions. In this work, we firstly analyzed th...
The presence of free muscovite in tailings can negatively affect the mechanical strength and rheological properties of cemented paste backfill, as has been observed for several cementitious materials. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influenc...
Clay mineral materials have attracted attention due to their many properties and applications. The applications of clay minerals are closely linked to their structure and composition. In this paper, we studied the electronic structure properties of k...
Modified graphene/muscovite (MGMu) nanocomposite was synthesized with muscovite (Mu) and silane coupling agent modified graphene oxide through a simple hydrothermal method that exhibited excellent dispersion stability in oil. Compared with the base o...
Identifying beryl within muscovite host rocks is a challenging task for traditional X-ray transmission (XRT) separation due to the proximity of their effective atomic numbers (Zeff) and densities. In this paper, an improved dual-energy X-ray transmis...
Dissolution behaviors of trace muscovite during pressure leaching of hydrothermal vein quartz using H2SO4 and NH4Cl as leaching agents have been studied by means of optical and electronic microscopes. Phase transformations of pure muscovite during ca...
A dataset of >1190 published compositional analyses of muscovite from granitic pegmatites of varying mineralogical types was compiled to reevaluate the usefulness of K-Rb-Li systematics of muscovite as a tool for distinguishing mineralogically sim...
Detrital zircon U-Pb and muscovite 40Ar/39Ar dating are useful tools for investigating sediment provenance and regional tectonic histories. However, the two types of data from same sample do not necessarily give consistent results. Here, we compare p...
Flotation-introduced nanobubbles were expected to be an efficient and economical method to recover fine muscovite. This study aimed to explore the mechanism of the change appearing in flotation after introducing nanobubbles through micro-flotation, p...
Mechanistic understanding and prediction of solute adsorption from fluids onto mineral surfaces is relevant for many natural and technical processes. Mineral surfaces in natural systems are often exposed to fluids at non-equilibrium conditions result...
It is a great challenge for a material with high adsorption capacity for cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) simultaneously. To address the simultaneous removal of Cd and As from water and the utilization of waste muscovite, the muscovite-supported iron ma...
Corundum-bearing anatectic aluminous rocks are exposed in the deeply subducted North Dabie complex zone (NDZ), of Central China. The rocks consist of corundum, biotite, K-feldspar and plagioclase, and show clear macro- and micro-structural evidence o...
Ag/TiO2/muscovite (ATM) composites were prepared by the sol–gel method and the effects of Ag modification on the structure and photocatalytic performance were investigated. The photocatalysts were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), sc...
Muscovite mica with an amino silane-modified surface is commonly used as a substrate in atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies of biological macromolecules. Herein, the efficiency of two different protein immobilization strategies employing either (N-...
Most primary Sn deposits worldwide are associated with muscovite-bearing peraluminous granites, commonly believed to originate from the partial melting of metasedimentary rocks. We studied the whole-rock geochemistry and Sm–Nd isotopes of Late...
The 40Ar/39Ar method applied to K-feldspars and muscovite has been often used to construct continuous thermal history paths between ~150–600 °C, which are usually applied to structural and tectonic questions in many varied geological settings. Howeve...
In order to determine the U-Pb crystallization age of zircon from the tourmaline-muscovite granites of the Kolmozero–Voronya greenstone belt located in the northeastern Fennoscandian Shield (Kola Peninsula), an isotope-geochronological study of...
The microbial life indigenous to mineral deposits are generally regarded as extremophiles as they are tolerant to extreme conditions. The microorganisms that thrive in such environments survive by modifying their metabolic pathway or mechanisms. The...
This paper presents the development of a method for dual-energy processing of X-ray images using pulsed X-ray sources for the contrast detection of beryl in muscovite mica in 2D X-ray and CT images. These substances have similar chemical properties a...
The recently discovered Daping tungsten deposit is located about 25 km north of Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, in the northern margin of the Sijiapu granite deposit of the Mufushan composite batholith. The ore body is produced in the northeast-ori...
The mineralogical studies of rare-element (REL) pegmatites are important for unraveling the ore-forming process and evaluating REL mineralization potential. The Chinese Altai orogenic belt hosting more than 100,000 pegmatite dykes is famous for rare-...
The Wadi Al-Baroud granite–pegmatite system in the Eastern Desert of Egypt displays a progressive rare-metal enrichment evident in the crystal chemistry of muscovite mica and associated Nb–Ta–Y–REE oxide minerals. EMP analyses...
The Shimensi deposit (Northern Jiangxi, South China) is a recently discovered super-large tungsten deposit. Muscovite 40Ar/39Ar dating yielded a plateau age of 145.7 ± 0.9 Ma, with normal and inverse isochronal ages being 145.4 ± 1.4 Ma and 145.3 ± 1...
The Mahuaping deposit is the largest Be-W-F deposit in the Jinshajiang–Ailaoshan metallogenic belt, Sanjiang region, SW China, with more than 72,700 t WO3, 41700 t BeO and 2.3 Mt CaF2. Despite recent studies, the ore-forming process of the Mahu...
We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study structure, stability, and dynamics of the water adsorption layer on muscovite mica at several temperatures (from 298 K to 673 K) and pressures (0.1 MPa, 10 MPa, and 50 MPa). We studied the str...
In this study, the adsorption mechanisms of dodecylamine hydrochloride(DDAHC), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate(SDBS), and their mixed anionic/cationic collectors at ten different molar ratios on a muscovite (Mcv) surfac...
The Maozaishan Sn deposit, located south of the Dayishan ore field in the Nanling Range, is a newly explored greisen-type Sn deposit. Two muscovite samples from tin-bearing ores yielded 40Ar/39Ar plateau ages of 154.7 ± 1.1 Ma (Mean standard w...
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a technology for compositional analysis that is particularly effective for light elements, particularly Li, which is a critical commodity for emerging green technologies. This study undertook analysis by...
Controversy surrounds the genetic relationship between gold mineralization and magmatism, especially in deposits in granite. Jiaodong Peninsula is the leading gold province in China, and most deposits are in Mesozoic granites; moreover, debate on the...
The aim of the study was to compare the effects and mechanism of tetrasodium pyrophosphate (TSPP) and sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) as dispersants on the selective flotation of arsenopyrite from muscovite. The results of single-mineral flotation sho...
The recently explored Xitian tungsten-tin (W-Sn) polymetallic ore field, located in Hunan province, South China, is one of the largest ore fields in the Nanling Range (NLR). Two major metallogenic types appeared in this ore field, skarn- and quartz v...
In this study, exfoliated mica nanoparticle particles were utilized to reduce the band gap of mica nanoparticles, and the loading of ZnO and BiOCl enhanced the photocatalytic performance. Within the mica nanosheets, exfoliation led to a decrease in b...
In this work, VO2 based thermal sensing thin film synthesized on flexible muscovite substrates by direct oxidation of deposited vanadium metal, were investigated for the impact of doping and strain on their electrical properties. We investigated both...
The interaction of organic matter with mineral components of the solid phase of soils is the most important process that regulates the cycle and balance of carbon in the biosphere. The adsorption of humic acids on minerals is accompanied by their fra...
Dongcao muscovite granite, as the product of the second stage of the magmatic intrusion of the Ganfang composite pluton, is closely related to the mineralization of Li–Nb–Ta rare metals in the Yifeng area. This paper aims to discuss the d...
Alteration in greisen-type granites develops through the progressive replacement of feldspars by potassic micas. Under the name ‘greisen’, quartz–muscovite assemblages display differences and include a variety of facies with variabl...
Muscovite is a major constituent mineral in the continental crust that exhibits very strong seismic anisotropy. Muscovite alignment in rocks can significantly affect the magnitude and symmetry of seismic anisotropy. In this study, deformation microst...
The development of an efficient adsorbent is required in tertiary wastewater treatment stages to reduce the phosphate–phosphorous content within regulatory levels (1 mg L−1 total phosphorous). In this study, a natural muscovite was used f...
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