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Dixon, Joe B.
Joe B. Dixon
Emeritus Professor
Office:
541A Heep Center

Specialty:Soil Clay Mineralogy

Biographical profile: Joe B. Dixon, Degrees: B.S. Agronomy and Masters in Agronomy U. of Kentucky,  Ph.D. in  Soil Science, U. of Wisconsin, Madison; NSF postdoctoral U. of Wisconsin, Madison, Sabbatical Arizona  State University Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy.

Publications: Minerals in Soil Environments Dixon and Weed co-editors, 1977, 1989; Soil Mineralogy with Environmental Applications Dixon and Schulze, co-editors, 2002.

Soil Mineralogy Laboratory Manual Agronomy 626, G. Norman White and J. B. Dixon, 2003.

Smectite Clays as Adsorbents of Aflatoxin B1: Initial Steps, Kannewischer, Tenorio Arvide,White and  Dixon, 2006. Clay Science, Japan. Available presentation as narration and text, English and Spanish: http://otscweb.tamu.edu

Aflatoxin Sequestration in Animal Feeds by Quality-Labeled Smectite Clays: an Introductory Plan, in review 2006. Dixon, Kannewischer, and Tenorio Arvide.

Instrumental use: XRD, TEM, FTIR, UV-VIS.

  • AFLATOXIN – Spanish narration (Use Firefox to download)
  • AFLATOXIN – Chinese narration
  • Best Management Practices to Prevent or Reduce Mycotoxin Contamination in Texas
  • Plan well for the threat of aflatoxin

Publications:

  • Aflatoxin sequestration in animal feeds — plan
  • Diversity of Natural Nanoparticles in Soils
  • Smectite Clays as Adsorbents of Aflatoxin B1: Initial Steps
  • Aflatoxin Adsorption Influenced by Adsorbent Mineralogy
  • Clays and Clay Materials, Vol 56
  • Morphological Properties of Smectite Adsorben
  • Smectite Clay Adsorption of Aflatoxin
  • Smectite Clay Sequestration of Aflatoxin
  • Smectite Clays as Adsorbents of Aflatoxin

Conference Presentations

  • Diversity of Natural Nanoparticles in Soils with sound Sept. 25th, 2008
  • Ferrihydrite formation lepidocrocite crystallization2011

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