Analysis Of Mubi Clay Deposit As A Furnace Lining
— Mubi clay was investigated to examine if the deposit can be used as a furnace lining material. The result shows that the clay has a bulk density of 2.3g/cm 3, apparent porosity of 13.70%, firing shrinkage of 9.6%, thermal shock resistance of 8 cycles, cold crushing strength of 253 kg/cm 2, loss on ignition of 4% and refractoriness of 1,300 …
(PDF) Compositional Characteristics And Industrial Potential …
— Compositional features and industrial application of the residual clay deposit overlying the Precambrian basement complex in Ara-Ijero Ekiti; Southwestern Nigeria was investigated and it is hereby ...
Geological map of Ijero Ekiti area showing the …
The study area, considered an Archean to Proterozoic terrain [3], is located about 40km northwest of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital and between latitudes 7 o 46 1 N and 7 o 53 1 N and ...
Olusola OLAOLORUN | Senior Lecturer | B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D | Ekiti State …
The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
Exploring the Rich Mineral Deposits of Ekiti State: A …
Situated close to the state capital of Ado Ekiti, the major kaolin beds around Ikere Ekiti contain white clay reserves valued at over ₦100 billion. As the best quality kaolin in Nigeria, these deposits serve growing domestic demand from manufacturers of paint, ceramics, cement, rubber, paper, pharmaceuticals, and leather products.
Office of Solid Mineral Resources
Clay Deposits. Bulk Clay –It is all over the state but notably at Ire Ekiti, Ara –Ijero,Igbara-Odo,Ikogosi,Ilemeso,Isan,Aiyegunle,Itaji-Itapaji. Bulk Clay is suitable for ceramic works, as foundry binder or blender, in the manufacturing of burnt bricks e.t.c. Kaolin Deposit – Pale white to white thick fired cream is present at Isan- Ekiti ...
Goeological map of Ijero-Ekiti and its environs.
The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
Geology, Mineral Wealth and Tourism Potentials of Ekiti …
Talc deposit is associated with schist while metamorphic rocks abound in almost inexhaustible quantities. Other economic potentials of Ekiti include clastic sedimentary …
Geology, Mineral Wealth and Tourism Potentials of Ekiti …
Ekiti State, South-Western Nigeria Oluwatoyin O. Akinola1, Abel O. Talabi2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria ... diversities of residual clay deposits, laterites, channel sands, and gravels. The last is the tourism-related potentials which include warm springs, caves, parks and forest reserves.
Recent advances in lithium extraction from lithium-bearing clay …
— These clay deposits can be divided into three types according to the occurrence of Li: (1) Li is in the hectorite and other mixed layer clays; (2) Li is present in clay minerals (ionic clay deposits) in the form of adsorbed ions; (3) Li in jadeite clay deposit (Benson et al., 2017).
Suitability of Some Selected Clay Deposit from Edo, Ogun, …
PDF | On Jan 1, 2016, Smart Adeleye Olubayode and others published Suitability of Some Selected Clay Deposit from Edo, Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti State of Nigeria for Ceramic Water Filters Production ...
Characterization of Clay from Isan Ekiti Deposits for Making …
— Abstract. Introduction: Despite the efforts of Governments and non-governmental organizations in sponsoring ceramic water purifier (CWP) filter project across the globe, some rural communities in Ekiti State, Nigeria are yet to benefit from it.One of the major technical difficulties hindering the making of CWP filter cells in many places was …
Accessing The Chemical Properties of Clay …
This is a complete project on accessing the chemical properties of clay with a case study of Ekiti State.
Lithium extraction from clay-type lithium resource using ferric sulfate
— Lithium-bearing clays have been identified as future lithium sources; in particular, after hectorite-type clay was concerned due to its large potential size (Meshram et al., 2014; Castor and Henry, 2020).Hectorite, a clay mineral found in Hector, California, that contains approximately 0.5% lithium, was found to be similar to the original saponite …
Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and …
1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti, Private Mail Bag 5363, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria ... The clay deposits from Ekiti and its environs were distinguished by the geology viz: the Ado Ekiti clay bodies are underlain by quartzite and charnockites; Igbara Odo clay bodies covered quartzite and migmatite rocks ...
DEVELOPMENT OF WHITEWARE BODIES USING CHINA CLAY FROM SELECTED DEPOSITS
containing a preponderance of the clay mineral kaolinite are known as kaolinitic clays. Meanwhile, certain commercial clays used in some part of the world are composed predominantly of kaolinite. These are China clays, kaolines, ball clays, fireclays and flint clays (Birks 2003). The terms China clay and kaolin are used interchangeably in …
Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and …
The clay deposits from Ekiti and its environs were distinguished by the geology viz: the Ado Ekiti clay bodies are underlain by quartzite and charnockites; Igbara Odo clay bodies …
Characterization of raw and thermally treated Nigerian …
— 2.1 Materials. Five natural kaolin clays were obtained from their deposits in two states in South-western Nigeria. The clays named Ijero-Ekiti (IJ), Ikere-Ekiti (IK) and Isan-Ekiti (IS) were collected from deposits in Ijero, Ikere and Oye Local Governments of Ekiti state, while Abusoro (AB) and Odigbo (OD) were collected from deposits in …
Geology and geotechnical appraisal of some clay deposits …
— The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
Material Development Potential of Nigeria's Kaolin
— In a bid to determine the white burning property of Akerebiata ball clay from Kwara state and Ikere-Ekiti kaolin from Ekiti state for ... Ifeoluwa A (2019) Physicochemical characterization and mineralogical evaluation of ire-ekiti clay deposit in Southwestern Nigeria. Int J Eng Appl Sci Technol 4(8):94–99 ... 03 December 2022. Accepted: 09 ...
Development of Aluminosilicate Refractory Crucibles from the …
— A map showing Ikere Ekiti and other Local Government Areas in Ekiti State, Nigeria. ... October-December: 133 ... The characterization of some Nigerian clay deposits has been carried out by ...
Published Online December 2019 in IJEAST …
Ire-Ekiti a town located in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria has abundant clay deposits. The clay deposits have been mined for several years for its application in pottery, ceramics …
Journal of Environment and Earth Science
Residual clay deposits overlying Precambrian Basement Complex situated at Orin, Igbara Odo, Ikere and Ado Ekiti were investigated using several analytical techniques.
Published Online December 2019 in IJEAST …
Awokunmi and Asaolu, 2017; Sanou et al., 2019). Ire-Ekiti a town located in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria has abundant clay deposits. The clay deposits have been mined for several years for its application in pottery, ceramics and architecture. Mineralogical evaluation and physicochemical
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS OF …
Lateritic clay deposits abound in many parts of the southwestern Nigeria. Clay has found wide application such as ceramic, pharmaceutical and building construction industries. However, most of the clay deposits are yet to be assessed quantitatively and qualitatively. The clay deposit along Igbara Odo road in Ikere-Ekiti developed
(PDF) Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and …
Residual clay deposits overlying Precambrian Basement Complex situated at Orin, Igbara Odo, Ikere and Ado Ekiti were investigated using several analytical techniques. Field evidence supported by mineralogical and physicochemical analyses suggests ... Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and Industrial Potential of Some Residual …
Journal of Environment and Earth Science
Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and Industrial Potential of Some Residual Clay Deposits within Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria. Residual clay deposits overlying Precambrian Basement Complex situated at Orin, Igbara Odo, Ikere and Ado Ekiti were investigated using several analytical techniques. Field evidence supported by ...
A Synoptic Review of Mineralogical and …
— clay deposits in Edo State, Nigeria for refractory . ... sidual clay deposits within Ekiti State, Southwest-ern Nigeria, International journal of earth sciences, 14(7); 70-88.
Segun Ajayi AKINYEMI | Doctor of Philosophy | Ekiti State …
The geochemical analysis were carried out on the stream sediments samples around Arinta (Ekiti State) and Olumirin (Osun State) waterfalls, Southwestern Nigeria, the study areas fall in the ...
Characterization of Clay from Isan Ekiti Deposits for Making …
Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 16(4): 204-215, 2021; Article no.AJEE.77510 ISSN: 2456-690X Characterization of Clay from Isan Ekiti Deposits for Making the Ceramic Water Purifier I. J. Akinruli a* and F. T. Akinruli b a Department of Glass and Ceramic Technology, Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. b Department of ...
Characterisation of Clay Samples from Minerals–rich Deposits …
— The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
Locations of Bentonite Clay Deposit in Nigeria | Download …
Clay from Bida was investigated and characterized using XRF, XRD, SEM and physico-mechanical methods. The XRF analysis shows high value of 69.58% SiO2, 23.15% Al2O3, and 2.93% Fe2O3, with low ...
Compositional Characteristics And Industrial Potential Of The …
— Compositional features and industrial application of the residual clay deposit overlying the Precambrian basement complex in Ara-Ijero Ekiti; Southwestern Nigeria was investigated and it is hereby reported. Granulometric analysis indicates that the mean clay fraction in the deposit is 42.3%, the silt 14.0%, and sand fraction 42.2%. The mean liquid …
Grain size distribution percentage of clay deposits at Ijero, …
Download scientific diagram | Grain size distribution percentage of clay deposits at Ijero, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria (sample A) at 15meters depth from publication ...
X-Ray diffraction trace of Ara-Ijero Ekiti clay
Compositional features and industrial application of the residual clay deposit overlying the Precambrian basement complex in Ara-Ijero Ekiti; Southwestern Nigeria was investigated and it is hereby ...