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INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PROFILES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL USE: CHAPTER 20. THE MICA INDUSTRY
Citation:
Reding, J., K. Bishop, P. Muehlberg, B. Shepherd, AND T. Parsons. INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PROFILES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL USE: CHAPTER 20. THE MICA INDUSTRY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-77/023T.
Description:
The catalog of Industrial Process Profiles for Environmental Use was developed as an aid in defining the environmental impacts of industrial activity in the United States. Entries for each industry are in consistent format and form separate chapters of the study. Mica is a group name for a number of complex hydrous potassium-aluminum silicate minerals characterized by excellent cleavage and by a high degree of flexibility, elasticity, and toughness of extremely thin cleavage flakes. The Mica industry has been divided into two segments for consideration: (1) Mica Production and (2) Mica Disc Production. One chemical tree, two process flow sheets and nine process descriptions have been prepared to characterize the industry. Within each process description available data have been presented on input materials, operating parameters, utility requirements and waste streams. Data related to the subject matter, including company, product and raw material data, are included as appendices.