Manuscript Number : IJSRSET184134
Industrial Suitability of Recent Coastal Sands of Ilmenite, Rutile, Garnet and Monazites of Gosthani and Champavathi River Confluences, Andhra Pradesh, East Coast of India
Authors(3) :-K. Bangaku Naidu, K. S. N.Reddy, M. Anji Reddy
Geochemical studies of ilmenite, rutile, garnet and monazite grains by using Electron Micro Probe Analysis (EPMA) from coastal sands of Gosthani and Champavathi river confluences, East Coast of India. The TiO2 content (av.51.49%) in ilmenite and rutile (94.47%), based on chemical properties, chlorate process is better than sulphate process in the extraction of TiO2 from ilmenite in view of environmental protection. Almandine –Pyrope (Al-Py), garnets are of high concentration in coarse and medium fractions. In the monazites the ∑REE ranges from 43.47 to 67.78% (av.54.69%), ∑LREE varies from 42.90 to 64.08% (av.53.31%) and ∑HREE ranges from 0.57 to 3.70% (av.1.38%) in the study area. Monazites are suitable for extraction of LREE and Th, better understanding of the mineralogy, geochemistry, industrial suitability and radiological significances for the coastal placer deposits. The chemical grade of these heavy minerals is of high quality and contains less impurities and within the limits of industrial specifications. These heavy minerals of the present study area, Bhimunipatnam - Konada (BK), are of inferior quality when compared to those of Australia, China and U.S.A, and Q, MK, TN (India) and are superior to the OR Grade. This paper deals with industrial suitability of recent coastal sands of Gosthani and Champavathi river confluences.
K. Bangaku Naidu
Ilmenite, Rutile, Garnet, Monazite, Gosthani River and Champavathi River
Publication Details
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Volume 4 | Issue 1 | January-February 2018 Article Preview
Center for Environment, Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University Hyderabad, Telangana, India
K. S. N.Reddy
Department of Geology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
M. Anji Reddy
Date of Publication :
2018-02-28
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) :
167-178
Manuscript Number :
IJSRSET184134
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL :
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