Industrial Suitability of Imiegba Clay Deposits in the Southern Anambra Basin, Nigeria: A Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Geotechnical Approach
Abstract
Clay soil samples from the area “Imiegba” In Etsako East local Government area of Edo State, Benin were analyzed for their geochemical composition, mineralogical and geotechnical characteristics, x-raydiffraction analysis and index property tests were carried out to determine elemental composition, mineralogical nature and geotechnical attributes of the clay. The XRD reveals that Quartz (SiO2) is the most abundant with the average mean of 48.10% and ranged between 42.83 and 55.78%.. Mineralogical analyses reveal kaolinite as the dominant clay mineral with quartz as the dominant non-clay mineral. The geotechnical index test shows that particle size distribution of the studied clay is a fine-grained with percentage fine fraction of 99%. The clay is generally light grey to brownish grey in color in hand specimen and turns brownish on firing. Other physical properties exhibited are liquid limit (55.8%), plasticity index (36.9%), and linear shrinkage (11.7%). They are essentially fine grained (> 70%) .The study reveals that they have unique property which can be used by various production industries for the production of quality glaze,pottery,ceramic wears, paints and fillers and can also be beneficiated to suit other industrial needs.
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Chegwe Fredrick Ejime , Ochu Abdulmajeed , Egbe Chukutem Favor , ADEDEJI, OLUGBENGA Charles , Ama Egeonu Uduma; Daniel Oghenekevwe Gift
"Industrial Suitability of Imiegba Clay Deposits in the Southern Anambra Basin, Nigeria: A Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Geotechnical Approach" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 8 Issue 8 2025 Page 907-915
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Chegwe Fredrick Ejime , Ochu Abdulmajeed , Egbe Chukutem Favor , ADEDEJI, OLUGBENGA Charles , Ama Egeonu Uduma; Daniel Oghenekevwe Gift
"Industrial Suitability of Imiegba Clay Deposits in the Southern Anambra Basin, Nigeria: A Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Geotechnical Approach" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 8(8)
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