The Elemental, Mineralogical, IR, DTA and XRD Analyses Characterized Clays and Clay Minerals of Central and Eastern Uganda
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54185#.VPAqxSzQrzE Author(s) I. Z. Mukasa-Tebandeke 1* , P. J. M. Ssebuwufu 1 , S. A. Nyanzi 1 , A. Schumann 2 , G. W. A. Nyakairu 1 , M. Ntale 1 , F. Lugolobi 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Chemistry, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda . 2 Department of Geology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda . 3 Department of Earth Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA . ABSTRACT The results on the elemental and mineralogical compositions of clays from Central Uganda differed from those from the volcanic sediments of the Mt. Elgon in Eastern Uganda. Utilisation of the two types of clays should be strict after understan...