**Meet the editor**

Dr. Mansoor Zoveidavianpoor has over 18 years of multidisciplinary oil and gas experience, built upon his technical, operational, and management roles in the industry and academia. Mansoor holds a BSc in Geology, and MSc and PhD degrees both in Petroleum Engineering. He has been involved in different disciplines such as geology, flow assurance, piping construction,

artificial intelligence, environmental engineering, petroleum engineering, and project management. He has lectured several courses at the University Technology Malaysia (UTM), Petroleum University of Technology, and Islamic Azad University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and registered as a chartered petroleum engineer. He has published more than 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences, has contributed to five textbooks, and served in many scientific committees. Previously he worked as an assistant professor at UTM and currently works as a senior petroleum engineer at the National Iranian Oil Company. Mansoor is actively involved in multidisciplinary studies and currently his main focus is on integrated reservoir management.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Clay for the Environment 1**

**Utilization 3** Faheem Uddin

Monteiro

**Removal: Review 45**

**Section 2 Clay in Civil Engineering 81**

Wen-Chieh Cheng

Nazile Ural

Chapter 1 **Montmorillonite: An Introduction to Properties and**

Chapter 2 **Recycling of Steelmaking Plant Wastes in Clay Bricks 25**

Chapter 3 **Mineralogical and Chemical Characteristics of Raw and**

Mugera W. Gitari and Rabelani Mudzielwana

Chapter 4 **Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites for Corrosion Protection 61**

Chapter 5 **The Importance of Clay in Geotechnical Engineering 83**

Chapter 6 **Clay Grouting Mechanisms and Applications 103**

Carlos Maurício F. Vieira, Lucas Fonseca Amaral and Sergio N.

**Modified Clays and Their Application in Arsenic and Fluoride**

Abdullah Al-Shahrani, Ihsan Taie, Aziz Fihri and Gasan Alabedi
