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TRIVIAS: MINERALS AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL USES Flashcards

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Used for manufacturing titanium oxide pigments, manufacturing refractory ceramics, and production of titanium metal

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Rutile

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It is used, along with soda ash and sand, in making glass

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Aragonite

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as a filler in the manufacture of rubber, paint, and putty.

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Quartz

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Used for nuclear medicine, atomic dating, powering nuclear submarines and other uses for defense system.

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Uranium

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it is used as desiccants, heat storage media, and (in Japan) as paper fillers

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Zeolite

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Used in television screens to display colors clearly.

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Terbium

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Used to make specialized yellow glass googles for glass blowers and welders.

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Praseodymium

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Used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion.

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Tin

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Are superconductors, which means they can conduct electricity with no resistance at all, used in sensors and catalyst, electrodes, solar cells and lasers.

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Perovskite

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Has potential uses in ceramics, nuclear waste immobilization, and fuel cell technology.

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Diopside

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Has extremely high melting temperatures which makes it a good refractory material in steel making, metallurgical and ceramic processes. Used also in titanium metal extraction.

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Magnesite

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In the production of ceramics, as a filler for paint, rubber and plastics and the largest use is in the paper industry to produce a glossy paper such as is used in most magazines.

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Kaolinite

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because some specimens had a beautiful color and could be polished to a brilliant luster, people started to use _____ for gemstones, talismans, and ornamental objects.

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Jade

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can be used to dry and preserve fish and meat. It was also an ancient household insecticide, and was used for making leather as well as a bleach for clothing.

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Natron

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It resists corrosion and is mainly used in making alloys such as stainless steel

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Garnierite

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a brown or black paraffin wax occurring naturally in some shales and sandstones. mainly used as wax

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Ozokerite

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used as an important ore for the production of sulfur and sulfuric acid

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Pyrite

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used to control water pH

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Trona

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Is used in the production of stainless and heat-resistant steel, full-alloy steel, super alloys and other alloys.

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Chromite

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used as an ingredient for the cure of other skin-related conditions like scabies, seborrheic dermatitis, warts, acne vulgaris, rosacea, tinea versicolor, and dandruff.

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Sulfur

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used in smoke alarms, pacemakers, defibrillator machines, many other types of portable medical equipment, and in emergency communications equipment, including computers and cell phones.

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Lithium

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used to produce heat-resistant coatings on metal tools and as an additive in making refractory bricks and ceramics.

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Spinel

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used to filter out unwanted molecules during oil refining

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Heulandite

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Used in silica dessicators as silica gels due to its rapid ability to absorb moisture and it has many drying uses

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Analcime

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Used for klin linings because of its high melting point

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Brucite

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It is the source of tungsten, which acts as a heat sink and provides the mass for mobile phone vibration.

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Wolframite

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Used in the manufacture of matches, fireworks, and percussion caps and was used by the ancients as a cosmetic to increase the apparent size of the eye. And also used as a hardening alloy for lead, especially in storage batteries and cable sheaths. Its crystals belong to the orthorhombic system.

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Stibnite

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is the primary ore of arsenic metal. Arsenic metal is used to produce specialty alloys; Arsenic is toxic to many organisms & therefore can be used for insecticides,, pesticides, chemical weapons and other poisons.

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Arsenopyrite

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is used in the production of oil cloth, semiconductors, photoconductors. Historically used as a pigment, poison, ingredient in fireworks and explosives.

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Orpiment

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is used to increase the density of mud and soil, which creates a safer and efficient drilling rig.

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Salt

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is use as a filler in producing paint and emulsions.

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Chalk

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is used in industrial applications as abrasive and polishes

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Silica

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is used in electronic circuits, semiconductors, and LEDs

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is used along with alloys to create batteries for storing grid power

35
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because of its excellent thermal resistance, are utilized as an insulator in a variety of electrical devices

36
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is used in oil refineries and as an alloy.

37
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is used in radiation, plumbing and as a sound absorber.

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is used to recover iron, gold, copper, cobalt and nickel

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Pellets of pressed pyrite

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used in water treatment, electromagnetic shielding, etc.

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Tourmaline

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used in mercury refining, laser modulation crystal, etc.

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as a filler in paints, rubber and plastics; and in ceramics and refractory clays that can withstand high temperatures

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used as a carrier for chemicals and as filler material in the manufacture of paints and plastics.

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used for glassmaking

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is used in the production of refractory bricks because of its sheer strength and resistance to heat.

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Quartz Sand

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mainly used in alloying particularly with chromium and other metals to produce stainless and heat-resisting steels.

46
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The piezoelectric property of ______ is used in watches and clocks

47
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is introduce to blast furnace to take away impurities from metals

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Forsterite

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used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics

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Orthoclase

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Used in cements and as construction material

50
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used as a low-temperature flux in welding and steel casting formulation

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Wollastonite Powder

51
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acts as a flux in ceramic bodies to lower firing temperatures and allow faster firing schedules

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Nepheline Syenite

52
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used in oil & gas extraction as components in drilling fluids.

53
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largely used as pet litter.

54
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derived from high quality limestones are used in steel manufacturing, where it removes impurities.

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is used in the manufacture of low melting solders and fusible alloys

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used in water filtration and abrasives used in wood furniture

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used in drill bits to drill through hard surfaces, such as oil wells.

58
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is used in building construction products specifically products related to insulation

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used for oil bleaching and clarifying consumable liquid such as water and wine

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mainly used for lead-acid batteries of cars and motorcycles.

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mainly used as table salts and ice control

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used in potassium fertilizers

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used as additives to make heat-resistant bricks

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To manufacture wallboards that are used to cover walls and ceilings.

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is used in dentistry, medallions and coins.

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pencil lead; lubricant; refractories

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Is used in production of hydrofluoric acid (HF).

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is used as flux in open-hearth steel furnace.

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key ingredient in phosphate fertilizers

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used for grinding optical glass and for polishing metals

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used in aquaculture and as adsorbent for wastewater treatment for removing cations.

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Used as filament supports in light bulbs, metalworking dies, and furnace parts because of its high melting point (2,623 degrees Celcius)

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Molybdenum

73
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It is grounded into flakes and used in electric insulators, also into paints, used to join cement, and as a dusting agent; used as a window for furnace, oven, and wood stoves

74
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used as agricultural fertilizers; it is used as a flux in welding electrodes, used as a filler in plastics, rubber, adhesives, and coatings.

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used as an acid neutralizer in the chemical industry; mainly used for aggregate, soil conditioning, cement and building stone.

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is the main constituent material in the airplane-making industry, electric industry, machinery and civil tool-making industry; used for aluminum production and refractory materials, chemicals or cements

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is the main constituent material in the airplane-making industry, electric industry, machinery and civil tool-making industry; used for aluminum production and refractory materials, chemicals or cements

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Used to prevent two materials from sticking together; used as an ingredient in ceramics, paper, paint, roofing, plastics, cosmetics, talcum and baby powders, and a variety of other assorted uses such as making rubber and plastics.

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mainly used for high friction material parts, thin, strong fiber minerals that are flexible, heat resistant, and chemically inert that are used for fireproof fabrics, paint filler, cement pipes and sheets, roofing and flooring products, and chemical filters.

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is used to make high-density drilling mud for wells; It is used for a barium meal or an upper gastrointestinal series before doing a contrast CAT scan.

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is used primarily in superalloys for aircraft gas turbine engines and in cemented carbides for cutting tools; is used in invisible ink. It is a brittle metal and resembles iron.

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is the most electrically conductive metal used in industrial fabrication; used in antibiotics to prevent bacterial growth and accelerates the healing process.

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