The Oxidation of Bolivian Crocidolite

W. E. Addison1 and A. D. White2
Department of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
1Present address: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
2Present address: Case Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Summary: A hypothesis has previously been advanced to account for the termination of the dehydrogenation process for the oxidation of South African crocidolite : it was postulated that the presence of magnesium ions would block the electronic migration required for complete oxidation of iron(II) in the temperature range 400° to 500° C. In view of criticism of the validity of the evidence for this hypothesis, new data for the oxidation of Bolivian crocidolite, which has a much higher magnesium content than the South African material, is presented; this is more satisfactory evidence of the validity of the hypothesis.

Mineralogical Magazine; June 1968 v. 36; no. 282; p. 791-796; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1968.036.282.05
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