Ebook: Phosphate Minerals
- Tags: Mineralogy, Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Agriculture, Forestry, Inorganic Chemistry
- Year: 1984
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The literature on the geology, chemistry, and biochemistry of phosphorus generally takes its mineralogy for granted. The in cidental information on phosphate minerals given in these texts is often obsolescent and inaccurate. The few mineralogical texts that have dealt comprehensively with the phosphate minerals have now become outdated, and typically present the essential information in a manner unsuitable for nongeological readers. This volume is intended as a ready reference for workers who require good basic information on phosphate minerals or their synthetic equivalents. The topics covered should appeal to geologists and geochemists, lithologists, environmental scientists and engineers, chemists and biochemists who have any interest in the intricate world of phosphorus. The hard tissues of many vertebrates and the many pathological calcifications consist mostly of phosphate minerals. The precipita tion of these compounds also plays a major role in the ecological cycling of phosphorus, and occasionally even dominates the behavior of many trace metals in many geochemical and biolog ical systems. Indeed, many pegmatitic phosphate minerals have acquired some notoriety because of the rarer trace metals which they tend to accumulate. With the commercialization of phosphate fertilizers since the early part of the 19th century, phosphate minerals have assumed an important role in industrial chemistry and agriculture. Clearly, the study of phosphate minerals is important from the economic, agricultural, environmental and (human and animal) health viewpoint.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Phosphate Minerals: Their Properties and General Modes of Occurrence....Pages 1-136
The Nucleation and Growth of Phosphate Minerals....Pages 137-154
Crystallochemical Aspects of the Phosphate Minerals....Pages 155-170
Thermochemical Properties of Phosphates....Pages 171-198
Phosphate Minerals in Meteorites and Lunar Rocks....Pages 199-214
Phosphate Minerals in Terrestrial Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks....Pages 215-241
Spatial and Temporal Controls on the Formation of Phosphate Deposits - A Review....Pages 242-274
The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Phosphorites....Pages 275-291
Weathering Of Phosphate Minerals....Pages 292-317
Formation and Stability of Base Metal Phosphates in Soils and Sediments....Pages 318-329
Chemistry and Structure of Precipitated Hydroxyapatites....Pages 330-350
Phosphate Minerals in Human Tissues....Pages 351-385
Precipitation of Phosphate Minerals in Waste Water Treatment Systems....Pages 386-399
Phosphorus in the Environment....Pages 400-423
Back Matter....Pages 425-444
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Phosphate Minerals: Their Properties and General Modes of Occurrence....Pages 1-136
The Nucleation and Growth of Phosphate Minerals....Pages 137-154
Crystallochemical Aspects of the Phosphate Minerals....Pages 155-170
Thermochemical Properties of Phosphates....Pages 171-198
Phosphate Minerals in Meteorites and Lunar Rocks....Pages 199-214
Phosphate Minerals in Terrestrial Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks....Pages 215-241
Spatial and Temporal Controls on the Formation of Phosphate Deposits - A Review....Pages 242-274
The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Phosphorites....Pages 275-291
Weathering Of Phosphate Minerals....Pages 292-317
Formation and Stability of Base Metal Phosphates in Soils and Sediments....Pages 318-329
Chemistry and Structure of Precipitated Hydroxyapatites....Pages 330-350
Phosphate Minerals in Human Tissues....Pages 351-385
Precipitation of Phosphate Minerals in Waste Water Treatment Systems....Pages 386-399
Phosphorus in the Environment....Pages 400-423
Back Matter....Pages 425-444
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