In this book, the authors present new developments in quartz research. Topics discussed in this compilation include the nature of paramagnetic defects in a-Quartz; veined quartz of the Urals; QCM in the active mode; densification of quartz particle beds by tapping; rapid detection for pollutants and bacteria based on quartz crystal microbalance biosensors; novel quartz oscillator measurement for gas composition changes; detection/adsorption of chemical and biological molecules based on quartz crystal microbalance QCM as sensor; usefulness of quartz crystal microbalance techniques to assess in situ detergency process efficiency; ultra-stable quartz oscillators; and gold analysis after nanoparticle adsorption on quartz reflectors and total reflection x-ray fluorescence (TXRF) analysis.

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Mineralogy of Quartz and Silica Minerals" that was published in Minerals

This book presents new studies dealing with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as characterization of soil, geomaterials, soil stability and some other geomechanics issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world. Papers were selected from the 5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23-25, 2018 in HangZhou, China.

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