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  • Composition and ceramic properties of Meskine (Far-North, Cameroon) ball clays: Potential use as raw materials for tiles making

  • Soureiyatou Fadil-Djenaboua,*, Fuh Calistus Gentryb and Paul-Desire Ndjiguib

  • aDepartment of Life and Earth Sciences, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Maroua, P.O. Box 55 Maroua, Cameroon
    bDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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This Article

  • 2022; 23(2): 113-120

    Published on Apr 30, 2022

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2022.23.2.113
  • Received on Feb 27, 2021
  • Revised on Apr 6, 2021
  • Accepted on Apr 19, 2021

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  • Soureiyatou Fadil-Djenabou

  • Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Maroua, P.O. Box 55 Maroua, Cameroon
    Tel : +237694420883 Fax: +22291988

  • E-mail: soureiyatou@yahoo.fr