Avaliação da caracterização física, química e mineralógica de depósitos de argilas esmectíticas do Estado da Paraíba utilizando análise estatística de variância.

Abstract

The most part of industrialized bentonite clay produced in Brazil comes from Boa Vista - PB. However, the bentonite deposit is in the exhaustion phase because it has been mined over 50 years, which results in a low quality product. Recently, three new deposits have been discovered. These deposits are located in the following cities: Cubati, Pedra Lavrada, Sossego and Olivedos, in the state of Paraíba. Thus it needs a systematic study to develop all its industrial potential. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the chemical and mineralogical composition, as well as particle size distribution and average diameter. From these deposits of smectite clays by statistical analysis. The physical, chemical and mineralogical characterization was performed using. Particle size by laser diffraction (GL), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and chemical composition by X-ray fluorescence (EDX) techniques. Then analyzes were carried out apruying statistics analysis of variance and Tukey test using the software racked camed MINITAB 17.0. The results showed that the chemical composition of bentonite clay of the new deposits which similar and different values in relation to the city of Boa Vista. When the data was analysed the results showed lower values compared with the imported clays. The results of the analysis of variance and Tukey test showed that the silica, aluminum, magnesium and calcium are significantly different at 95% level. Finally, the local has influence on the quality of the mineralogical clays.