The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
The study area, considered an Archean to Proterozoic terrain [3], is located about 40km northwest of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital and between latitudes 7 o 46 1 N and 7 o 53 1 N and ...
This is a complete project on accessing the chemical properties of clay with a case study of Ekiti State.
Download scientific diagram | Grain size distribution percentage of clay deposits at Ijero, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria (sample A) at 15meters depth from publication ...
— A map showing Ikere Ekiti and other Local Government Areas in Ekiti State, Nigeria. ... October-December: 133 ... The characterization of some Nigerian clay deposits has been carried out by ...
— 2.1 Materials. Five natural kaolin clays were obtained from their deposits in two states in South-western Nigeria. The clays named Ijero-Ekiti (IJ), Ikere-Ekiti (IK) and Isan-Ekiti (IS) were collected from deposits in Ijero, Ikere and Oye Local Governments of Ekiti state, while Abusoro (AB) and Odigbo (OD) were collected from deposits in …
— Mubi clay was investigated to examine if the deposit can be used as a furnace lining material. The result shows that the clay has a bulk density of 2.3g/cm 3, apparent porosity of 13.70%, firing shrinkage of 9.6%, thermal shock resistance of 8 cycles, cold crushing strength of 253 kg/cm 2, loss on ignition of 4% and refractoriness of 1,300 …
Ire-Ekiti a town located in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria has abundant clay deposits. The clay deposits have been mined for several years for its application in pottery, ceramics …
— The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
— In a bid to determine the white burning property of Akerebiata ball clay from Kwara state and Ikere-Ekiti kaolin from Ekiti state for ... Ifeoluwa A (2019) Physicochemical characterization and mineralogical evaluation of ire-ekiti clay deposit in Southwestern Nigeria. Int J Eng Appl Sci Technol 4(8):94–99 ... 03 December 2022. Accepted: 09 ...
— Working properties of some clay deposits in Ekiti State, Nigeria were investigated with a view to determine their suitability for use as refractory bricks. The samples were collected from three different commercial pottery clay centers in Ekiti State; they are Ara, Awo and Isan. Two varieties were collected from both Ara and Isan, which …
— Lithium-bearing clays have been identified as future lithium sources; in particular, after hectorite-type clay was concerned due to its large potential size (Meshram et al., 2014; Castor and Henry, 2020).Hectorite, a clay mineral found in Hector, California, that contains approximately 0.5% lithium, was found to be similar to the original saponite …
— The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
PDF | On Jan 1, 2016, Smart Adeleye Olubayode and others published Suitability of Some Selected Clay Deposit from Edo, Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti State of Nigeria for Ceramic Water Filters Production ...
Talc deposit is associated with schist while metamorphic rocks abound in almost inexhaustible quantities. Other economic potentials of Ekiti include clastic sedimentary …
Clay Deposits. Bulk Clay –It is all over the state but notably at Ire Ekiti, Ara –Ijero,Igbara-Odo,Ikogosi,Ilemeso,Isan,Aiyegunle,Itaji-Itapaji. Bulk Clay is suitable for ceramic works, as foundry binder or blender, in the manufacturing of burnt bricks e.t.c. Kaolin Deposit – Pale white to white thick fired cream is present at Isan- Ekiti ...
— These clay deposits can be divided into three types according to the occurrence of Li: (1) Li is in the hectorite and other mixed layer clays; (2) Li is present in clay minerals (ionic clay deposits) in the form of adsorbed ions; (3) Li in jadeite clay deposit (Benson et al., 2017).
Abstract. This study is designed to investigate the suitability of selected Nigeria clay deposit for clay based ceramic water filters (CWFs). Clay samples were taken from five randomly selected locations in Nigeria Namely: Okpella (Edo 1) and Ojirami (Edo 2) in Edo; Ikere in Ekiti state; FUTA in Ondo state and Onibode in Ogun to determine their suitability for …
The clay deposits from Ekiti and its environs were distinguished by the geology viz: the Ado Ekiti clay bodies are underlain by quartzite and charnockites; Igbara Odo clay bodies …
Situated close to the state capital of Ado Ekiti, the major kaolin beds around Ikere Ekiti contain white clay reserves valued at over ₦100 billion. As the best quality kaolin in Nigeria, these deposits serve growing domestic demand from manufacturers of paint, ceramics, cement, rubber, paper, pharmaceuticals, and leather products.
— clay deposits in Edo State, Nigeria for refractory . ... sidual clay deposits within Ekiti State, Southwest-ern Nigeria, International journal of earth sciences, 14(7); 70-88.
Awokunmi and Asaolu, 2017; Sanou et al., 2019). Ire-Ekiti a town located in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria has abundant clay deposits. The clay deposits have been mined for several years for its application in pottery, ceramics and architecture. Mineralogical evaluation and physicochemical
Download Table | Analysis of Iwo Kaolin,Ife Clay, Ikere Ekiti Kaolin and Clay from publication: Electrical Porcelain Production From Selected Kaolin Deposit in South Western Nigeria Using Slip ...
Compositional features and industrial application of the residual clay deposit overlying the Precambrian basement complex in Ara-Ijero Ekiti; Southwestern Nigeria was investigated and it is hereby ...
containing a preponderance of the clay mineral kaolinite are known as kaolinitic clays. Meanwhile, certain commercial clays used in some part of the world are composed predominantly of kaolinite. These are China clays, kaolines, ball clays, fireclays and flint clays (Birks 2003). The terms China clay and kaolin are used interchangeably in …
Ire-Ekiti a town located in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria has abundant clay deposits. The clay deposits have been mined for several years for its application in pottery, ceramics …
Abstract: Compositional features and industrial application of the residual clay deposit overlying the Precambrian basement complex in Ara-Ijero Ekiti; Southwestern Nigeria was investigated and it ...
Residual clay deposits overlying Precambrian Basement Complex situated at Orin, Igbara Odo, Ikere and Ado Ekiti were investigated using several analytical techniques.
Ekiti State, South-Western Nigeria Oluwatoyin O. Akinola1, Abel O. Talabi2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria ... diversities of residual clay deposits, laterites, channel sands, and gravels. The last is the tourism-related potentials which include warm springs, caves, parks and forest reserves.
— Abstract. Introduction: Despite the efforts of Governments and non-governmental organizations in sponsoring ceramic water purifier (CWP) filter project across the globe, some rural communities in Ekiti State, Nigeria are yet to benefit from it.One of the major technical difficulties hindering the making of CWP filter cells in many places was …
Compositional features and industrial application of the residual clay deposit overlying the Precambrian basement complex in Ara-Ijero Ekiti; Southwestern Nigeria was investigated and it is hereby ...
The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...
1.Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti, Private Mail Bag 5363, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria ... The clay deposits from Ekiti and its environs were distinguished by the geology viz: the Ado Ekiti clay bodies are underlain by quartzite and charnockites; Igbara Odo clay bodies covered quartzite and migmatite rocks ...
Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 16(4): 204-215, 2021; Article no.AJEE.77510 ISSN: 2456-690X Characterization of Clay from Isan Ekiti Deposits for Making the Ceramic Water Purifier I. J. Akinruli a* and F. T. Akinruli b a Department of Glass and Ceramic Technology, Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. b Department of ...
In this work, the suitability of using Kaolin from two selected deposit sites in Ekiti state (Ijero and Ikere), Rice husk, and plastic clay to produce insulating firebrick was experimentally investigated and the optimal ratio of these constituents
Lateritic clay deposits abound in many parts of the southwestern Nigeria. Clay has found wide application such as ceramic, pharmaceutical and building construction industries. However, most of the clay deposits are yet to be assessed quantitatively and qualitatively. The clay deposit along Igbara Odo road in Ikere-Ekiti developed
Shado Adeniyi . In this work, the suitability of using Kaolin from two selected deposit sites in Ekiti state (Ijero and Ikere), Rice husk, and plastic clay to produce insulating...
— In this paper two methods were used to extract lithium from clays samples collected from locations within Ekiti land (Ekiti State).
Senior Lecturer, Ekiti State University - Cited by 216 - Economic Geology & Petrology ... Compositional features and functional industrial applications of the lateritic clay deposits in Oye-Ekiti and Environs, Southwestern Nigeria. O Oluwatoyin, L Oladimeji. The International Journal of Science and Technoledge 2 (9), 6 ...
Residual clay deposits overlying Precambrian Basement Complex situated at Orin, Igbara Odo, Ikere and Ado Ekiti were investigated using several analytical techniques. Field evidence supported by mineralogical and physicochemical analyses suggests ... Mineralogy, Physicochemical Characteristics and Industrial Potential of Some Residual …
