Natural clays from Morocco: potentials and applications

Mohammed Belghazdis, . and El-Kaber Hachem, . and Atman Bendouch, . Natural clays from Morocco: potentials and applications. pp. 240-254. ISSN 2672-7226

The commercial value of a clay mineral depends first on its physicochemical and mineralogical properties. in this context numerous studies of the mineralogical particle size textural physical chemical thermal and technological properties have been carried out to understand the minerals clay from Morocco and to enhance them for the production of new high quality materials as well as to use clays in several industrial and environmental fields. Moroccan sediments are more homogeneous and are generally used in fields of building materials pottery manufacture of tiles bricks cosmetics and health treatments. Indeed Morocco is one of the top 20 producers and consumers of clay building materials in the world. This work aims at providing information on the different properties of the abundant clay minerals in Morocco and establishing an easily accessible database that can be used to compare between these natural resources and their possible uses based on physico-chemical mineralogical and thermal properties obtained by different researchers. We will focus more specifically on the study of four regions: Rabat-SaleKenitra Fez-Meknes Marrakech-Safi Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hocema. Finally we will show the usefulness of associating clay minerals with other organic materials in order to obtain hybrids with having new functions and performances opening the door to other potential sectors for these natural materials.

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Abstract

The commercial value of a clay mineral depends first on its physicochemical and mineralogical properties. in this context numerous studies of the mineralogical particle size textural physical chemical thermal and technological properties have been carried out to understand the minerals clay from Morocco and to enhance them for the production of new high quality materials as well as to use clays in several industrial and environmental fields. Moroccan sediments are more homogeneous and are generally used in fields of building materials pottery manufacture of tiles bricks cosmetics and health treatments. Indeed Morocco is one of the top 20 producers and consumers of clay building materials in the world. This work aims at providing information on the different properties of the abundant clay minerals in Morocco and establishing an easily accessible database that can be used to compare between these natural resources and their possible uses based on physico-chemical mineralogical and thermal properties obtained by different researchers. We will focus more specifically on the study of four regions: Rabat-SaleKenitra Fez-Meknes Marrakech-Safi Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hocema. Finally we will show the usefulness of associating clay minerals with other organic materials in order to obtain hybrids with having new functions and performances opening the door to other potential sectors for these natural materials.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Clay minerals
AGROVOC Term:	Sediment
AGROVOC Term:	Mineralogical soil types
AGROVOC Term:	Natural resources
AGROVOC Term:	Soil physicochemical properties
AGROVOC Term:	Application methods
AGROVOC Term:	Soil organic matter
AGROVOC Term:	Ceramics
AGROVOC Term:	Hybrids
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10709

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