%0 Journal Article
%T Caracteriza  o Mineral¨®gica e Tecnol¨®gica do Caulim de Silvania, Estado de Goi¨¢s.
%A Luiz Carlos Bertolino
%A Bruno Carvalho Mendon£¿a
%A S¨¦rgio Botelho de Oliveira
%A Ad£¿o Benvido da Luz
%J Anu¨¢rio do Instituto de Geoci¨ºncias
%D 2009
%I Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
%X The study aimed the mineralogical and technological characterization of various types of kaolin in the region of Silvania - Goi¨¢s, as well as its physical and chemical processing to eliminate mineralogical impurities and upgrade the level of whiteness of kaolin. The kaolin of this region presented kaolin absolute properties, is fine to medium grained, after chemical bleaching, its whiteness reached 68.10% ISO. The results indicated that the kaolin of the region of Silvania can be used as filler in the paper industry or in the production of ceramics.
%K Kaolin
%K processing
%K mineralogical characterization
%U http://www.anuario.igeo.ufrj.br/2009_2/2009_2_26_32.pdf