Date of Award
11-28-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Applied Science
First Advisor
Michael DeAngelis
Abstract
The limited availability of fayalite on Earth has led to the use of synthetic fayalite in studies requiring iron rich olivine. The method presented in Part II is a novel modification of previous sol-gel techniques that produced nanofayalite. This new method uses a different set of reactants that eliminates several steps from the previous method, thus saving time while producing a similar result. Presented in Part III is a scoping experiment investigating carbonation of nanofayalite using slight modification from techniques of previous studies involving nanoforsterite. No previous studies have examined the carbonation of nanofayalite. While it is expected that experimental results using nanofayalite will be similar to nanoforsterite, the redox sensitive nature of nanofayalite may introduce unforeseen challenges.
Recommended Citation
Manley, Joshua, "Synthesis and Carbonation of Nanocrystalline Fayalite (Fe2SiO4)" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 705.
https://research.ualr.edu/etd/705
