Mineralogia Applicata
Staff
Prof. P. Cappelletti, Prof. A. Langella, Prof. V. Morra, Prof. G. Balassone, Dr. A. Colella, Dr. S.F Graziano, Dr. F. Izzo, Dr. C. Rispoli, Dr. Claudia Di Benedetto, Dr. R. de Gennaro
Collaboratori non strutturati: G. Montesano (assegnista UniCH)
Dottorandi: M. Mercurio (Dott. DiSTAR - XL ciclo), S. Spadavecchia (Dottorato Nazionale HS - XXXIX ciclo)
L'Unità di Ricerca è specializzata alla valorizzazione delle risorse minerarie italiane con particolare riguardo a minerali e rocce di interesse industriale. In questo settore sono presenti più linee di ricerca e tra le tante si ricordano:
- Studio e caratterizzazione di zeolititi per l’impiego in settori di interesse tecnologico (comparto farmaceutico, settore ambientale)
- Studio e caratterizzazione mineralogica di geomateriali (naturali e provenienti da processi di lavorazione – scarti e materie prime seconde) per impieghi tecnologici (aggregati leggeri, ceramiche s. l.);
- Studio e caratterizzazione di geomateriali ad attività pozzolanica (pozzolane s.s., materiali vulcanici provenienti da diversi distretti, italiani e non)
- Studio e caratterizzazione di materiali lapidei macro e mesoporosi e dei relativi prodotti di degrado nel settore del costruito.
Principali collaborazioni
- Dr. Marie D. Jackson, Utah University, USA
- Prof. D. Bish.: Chemistry Department, Indiana University Bloomington (USA)
- Prof. Magnus T. Gudmundsson, Icelandic University, Iceland
- Dr. Tobias B Wiesenberger, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Marocco
- Dr. A. Dakovic, ITMNS, Belgrade, Serbia
- Prof. M. Mercurio e Prof. F. De Nicola: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie, Università degli Studi del Sannio (Benevento)
- Prof. D. Gatta: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Milano
- Prof. S. Columbu: Dipartimento di Scienze chimiche e geologiche, Università degli studi di Cagliari
- Prof. D. Caputo e Prof.ssa Barbara Liguori: Dipartimento di ingegneria chimica, dei materiali e della produzione industriale, Università FEDERICO II
- Prof. M. Dondi, dott. C. Zanelli: Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali Ceramici, CNR-ISTEC;
- Prof. D. Baldantoni: Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia "Adolfo Zambelli", Università degli Studi di Salerno
- Italiana Zeoliti Pigneto (MO),
- Inza (International Natural Zeolites Association)
- CNR- ISTEC, Faenza
- CBC Minerali, Vignola, (MO)
- Istituto Internazionale del Marmo (MI) Ing. P. Marone;
- Marmomacchine (MI) Ing. P. Marone;
- RSK (Responsible, Sustainable, Knowledgeable) Group, UK
- ZEOCEL Italia (Pisa)
1) Backscattered electron showing A) the partial alteration of analcime to phillipsite in a lapillus vesicle and B) the growth of tobermorite in a vesicle with phillipsite surface texture. Da Prouse et al., 2020 Alteration progress within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, SW Iceland – A time-lapse petrographic study of cores drilled in 1979 and 2017 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 392 (2020) 106754
2) Relative distributions of phillipsite, analcime and tobermorite in the Surtsey drill cores based on A) x-ray diffraction (wt.%) and B) & C) point counts (vol.%). Overall, analcime content has increased at nearly all depths, although it varies from sample to sample. Phillipsite content has noticeably increased only in certain samples above 65.4 m depth. SE-02b contains slightly less phillipsite than SE-01 in the depth interval between 65.4 and 138.4 m. The top and bottom of the poorly altered zones situated between about 138-150 m show phillipsite, but no increase in analcime and tobermorite with depth or time. Tobermorite has mostly increased above water level and towards the bottom of the drill hole, but has decreased overall in the zone of maximum temperature. Due to incomplete core recovery in SE-01 only cutting samples were available at some depth intervals within the poorly consolidated zone and towards the bottom of the drill core. Da Prouse et al., 2020 Alteration progress within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, SW Iceland – A time-lapse petrographic study of cores drilled in 1979 and 2017 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 392 (2020) 106754
3) Integrated log displaying the relationship between temperature, alteration progress and maturation of palagonitic processes in altered glass determined through petrographic investigations of thin sections in the archived 1979 SE-01drill core and the 2017 SE-02b drill core samples. Da Prouse et al., 2020 Alteration progress within the Surtsey hydrothermal system, SW Iceland – A time-lapse petrographic study of cores drilled in 1979 and 2017 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 392 (2020) 106754
4) Examples of the behavior of different materials during hot-stage microscope runs at constant thermal rate (A) and in isothermal conditions (B). Lightweight aggregates from waste materials: Reappraisal of expansion behavior and prediction schemes for bloating Construction and Building Materials 127 (2016) 394–409 
5) Microstructure and pore distribution of LWA: as cumulative number (A), cumulative volume (B). Lightweight aggregates from waste materials: Reappraisal of expansion behavior and prediction schemes for bloating Construction and Building Materials 127 (2016) 394–409 
6) SEM micrographs of lightweight aggregates. Structural Concretes with Waste-Based Lightweight Aggregates: From Landfill to Engineered Materials Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 7123–7129 
7) Thermal properties of starting materials by TG/DSC coupled with FTIR-EGA. Surface-modi ed phillipsite-rich tuff from the Campania region (southern Italy) as a promising drug carrier: An ibuprofen sodium salt trial American Mineralogist, Volume 103, pages 700–710, 2018 
8) Physico-chemical and thermal properties of IBU. Surface-modi ed phillipsite-rich tuff from the Campania region (southern Italy) as a promising drug carrier: An ibuprofen sodium salt trial American Mineralogist, Volume 103, pages 700–710, 2018 
