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University of Pretoria etd – Landman, A A (2003) University of Pretoria etd – Landman, A A (2003) Aspects of solid-state chemistry of fly ash and ultramarine pigments by Andreas Adriaan Landman Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Philosophiae Doctor in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria December 2003 University of Pretoria etd – Landman, A A (2003) University of Pretoria etd – Landman, A A (2003) Aspects of solid-state chemistry of fly ash and ultramarine pigments ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My sincerest thanks go to the following people, who will now have far less to keep themselves busy: • Prof Danita de Waal, my supervisor, for giving me free reign to develop the concepts reported in this thesis. • Maggi Loubser and Dr Sabine Verryne, for assistance with the X-ray fluorescence and diffraction results, and more importantly for valuable discussions on the value and interpretation of the results. • Linda Prinsloo for teaching me the technical details of Raman and infrared spectroscopy. • Leon (electrical technician), Robin (glass blower), Juan (instrument maker), Gerhard (instrument maker), Errol (chemical stores) and Jan (chemical stores), without whose assistance scientific research at the University of Pretoria would come to a standstill. I still think I can break what they cant fix. • I am grateful to André Botha, Alan Hall and Chris van de