Machine-translated by Google. Questions are authored in English.
Top

Discussion

State whether the following is true or false.
Mineralogical and chemical analysis of a clay give the same information in different units.

  • A.False only at small scales
  • B.True
  • C.False
  • D.True only at large scales

Answer: C

Chemical analysis reports oxides and mineralogical analysis reports the minerals those oxides are combined into. Two clays with identical oxide analyses can contain quite different minerals and behave very differently.

No comment is present. Be the first to comment.
Loading…

Post your comment

Please log in or register to post a comment.