TITLE:
Sorbent Mineralogy in the Most Basin and Their Utilization for Reclamation Works
AUTHORS:
Michal Řehoř, Petr Vráblík, Jaroslava Vráblíková, Lukáš Žižka
KEYWORDS:
Sorption, Bentonite, Geology, Restoration
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.7 No.12,
December
11,
2017
ABSTRACT: The contribution is focused on the relation between sorptive efficiency, mineral structure, and reclamation extraction of clay sorbents originating from the Most Basin. Clay sorbents are an important accessory raw material that occurs on several localities in the North Bohemian Brown Coal Basin, which are briefly described in the first part of the paper. The results from clay sorbents were obtained by mineralogy survey based on a diffract analysis with a D 5000 Siemens X-ray diffractometer. Localities, where zeolites and montmorillonites were found, are the main subjects of the research. The results show that parameters of clay sorbents mined in these localities are suitable for reclamation works. A successful reclamation with the use of bentonites is demonstrated on Strimice dump.