Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies of Clay Minerals

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies of Clay Minerals, Volume 8 in the Developments in Clay Science series, is an up-to-date overview of spectroscopic techniques used in the study of clay minerals. The methods include infrared spectroscopy, covering near-IR (NIR), mid-IR (MIR), far-IR (FIR) and IR emission spectroscopy (IES), as well as FT-Raman spectroscopy and Raman microscopy. This book complements the succinct introductions to these methods described in the original Handbook of Clay Science (Volumes 1, 1st Edition and 5B, 2nd Edition), offering greater depth and featuring the most important literature since the development and application of these techniques in clay science. No other book covers such a wide variety of vibrational spectroscopic techniques in a single volume for clay and soil scientists.

1. General Introduction
2. Theoretical aspects of infrared and Raman spectroscopies
3. Modern IR and Raman instrumentation and sampling methods
4. Introduction to spectral manipulation and multivariate analysis methods
5. IR spectra of clay minerals
6. FT-Raman spectroscopy of clay minerals
7. Applications of NIR/MIR to determine site occupancy in clay minerals
8. Applications of NIR/MIR in clay mineral synthesis
9. MIR/NIR applications for the analysis of water in clay minerals
10. Analysis of organoclays & organic adsorption by clay minerals
11. Raman and Infrared spectroscopy of intercalated kaolinites
12. Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of pillared clays
13. NIR applications to the study of chemically modified smectites
14. Remote sensing Applications