Study of the physical properties, crystal structure, chemical composition and application of mixture of ninivite silica rocks with Iraqi fuller’s earth

Abstract EN

X-ray powder diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric, differential thermal analysis, and chemical analysis were performed to study the physical properties, crystal structure and chemical composition of silica rich Ninivite silica rocks and Iraqi natural Fuller’s earth.

The results were compared with that obtained from mixing the two samples in a ratio 1:1.

These samples have been used as adsorbents in fractionating columns to fractionate Qaiyarah Heavy Crude (QHC) Oils into their simple components.