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| JLJL7423 | Analysis and Interpretation of Clay Minerals | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To make students acquainted with identification and determination methods of clay minerals. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | describe the clay minerals. | 2,5,6,7,9 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | classify the clay minerals groups based on their structure. | 2,5,6,7,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | describe the common determination methods used in clay mineralogy investigations. | 2,3,5,6,8,9 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | use the various determination techniques to find out the content of the clay minerals in any samples. | 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 | 1,3,5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The importance of clay mineralogy and the definition of clay and clay minerals. Structural concepts of clay minerals. Discussion (advantages, disadvantages of sample preparation procedures) of different techniques (XRD, TG, DTA, SEM, TEM, IR, Mössbauer Spectroscopy, ...) and chemical analyses and treatments, used in clay research and for the identification of clay minerals. Properties and identification of major clay minerals (kaolin-serpentine group, talc-pyrophyllite group, micas, vermiculites, smectites, chlorites, mixed-layerd clay minerals, palygorskite-sepiolite group, allophane and imogolite). The calculation of structural formulas of clay minerals using different chemical analysis methods. Identification of nonclay minerals, present in clays. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and the course concepts. | | | Week 2 | Structural features and classification of clay minerals. | | | Week 3 | Methods for clay mineral identification. | | | Week 4 | Kaolin-serpentine group. | | | Week 5 | Talc-pyrophyllite group. | | | Week 6 | Micas. | | | Week 7 | Vermiculites. | | | Week 8 | Smectites. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Chlorites. | | | Week 11 | Palygorskite-sepiolite group. | | | Week 12 | Allophane and imogolite. | | | Week 13 | Analysis of mixed layer clay minerals | | | Week 14 | Calculation of structural formulae of clay minerals | | | Week 15 | Identification of minerals associated to clay minerals. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Van Ranst, E., 1998; Analysis and Dynamics of Clays, Universiteit Gent, Physical Land Resources, Lecture Notes, 241s. | | | |
| 1 | Wilson, M.J., 1987. A Handbook of determinative methods in clay mineralogy, Blackie, 308s. | | | 2 | Weaver, C. E. and Pollard, L. D., 1973, The Chemistry of Clay Minerals, Developments in Sedimentology, 15, Elseiver Sci. Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 213s. | | | 3 | Moore, D. and Reynolds, R., 1989. X-Ray diffraction and the identification and analysis of clay minerals, Oxford University Press, 332s. | | | 4 | Brown, G. and Briendley, G. W., 1980, X-Ray Diffraction Procedures for Clay Mineral Identification. In:Crystal Structures of Clay Minerals and Their X-Ray Identification, Brindley, G. W., Brown, G. 8eds), 305-360, Monograph 5, Mineralogical Society, London. | | | 5 | Righi, D. and Meunier, A., 1995, Origin of Clays by Rock Weathering and Soil Formation, In:Velde, B; (Eds), Origin and Mineralogy of Clays, Springer Verlag, 43-157s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 02/04/2019 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | 03/05/2019 | 5 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 21/05/2019 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 7 | 14 | 98 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 20 | 1 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 199 |
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