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Reiner Dohrmann is affiliated with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a strong emphasis on civil and structural engineering. The scope of their work also extends into biomaterials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, and water science and technology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including soil and unsaturated flow, clay minerals and soil interactions, iron oxide chemistry and applications, concrete and cement materials research, geological and geochemical analysis, groundwater flow and contamination studies, and adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal.

Reiner Dohrmann has contributed to several recent publications:

  • A novel nZVI-bentonite nanocomposite to remove trichloroethene (TCE) from solution, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Effect of mineralogy on Co and Ni extraction from Brazilian limonitic laterites via bioleaching and chemical leaching, 2022, Minerals Engineering
  • Assessing poorly crystalline and mineral-organic species by extracting Al, Fe, Mn, and Si using (citrate-) ascorbate and oxalate, 2021, Geoderma
  • Key parameters of volcanic tuffs used as building stone: a statistical approach, 2021, Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Methods for Determination of the Layer Charge of Smectites: A Critical Assessment of Existing Approaches, 2023, Clays and Clay Minerals

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Applied Clay Science
  • Clay Minerals
  • Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Clays and Clay Minerals
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among frequent collaborators are Stephan Kaufhold, Kristian Ufer, Arkadiusz Derkowski, Jens Gröger-Trampe, and Bernhard Vowinckel.

Best Publications

  • QUANTITATIVE PHASE ANALYSIS OF BENTONITES BY THE RIETVELD METHOD

    K. Ufer;H. Stanjek;G. Roth;R. Dohrmann

  • Moisture expansion as a deterioration factor for sandstone used in buildings

    Joerg Ruedrich;Tobias Bartelsen;Reiner Dohrmann;Siegfried Siegesmund

  • Description of X-ray powder pattern of turbostratically disordered layer structures with a Rietveld compatible approach

    Kristian Ufer;Georg Roth;Reinhard Kleeberg;Helge Stanjek

  • N2-BET specific surface area of bentonites

    S. Kaufhold;R. Dohrmann;M. Klinkenberg;S. Siegesmund

  • Traditional and novel methods for estimating the layer charge of smectites

    A. Czímerová;J. Bujdák;R. Dohrmann

  • Quantification of the mineralogical composition of clays using FTIR spectroscopy

    S. Kaufhold;M. Hein;R. Dohrmann;K. Ufer

  • Weathering of volcanic tuff rocks caused by moisture expansion

    Wanja Wedekind;Rubén López-Doncel;Reiner Dohrmann;Mathias Kocher

  • Cation exchange capacity methodology I: An efficient model for the detection of incorrect cation exchange capacity and exchangeable cation results

    Reiner Dohrmann

  • Cation exchange capacity methodology II: A modified silver–thiourea method

    R. Dohrmann

  • Three new, quick CEC methods for determining the amounts of exchangeable calcium cations in calcareous clays

    R. Dohrmann;S. Kaufhold

  • The pH of Aqueous Bentonite Suspensions

    Stephan Kaufhold;Reiner Dohrmann;Dietrich Koch;Georg Houben

  • Stability of bentonites in salt solutions: II. Potassium chloride solution — Initial step of illitization?

    S. Kaufhold;R. Dohrmann

  • Chemical and mineralogical characterization of blast-furnace sludge from an abandoned landfill.

    Tim Mansfeldt;Reiner Dohrmann

  • Detachment of colloidal particles from bentonites in water

    S. Kaufhold;R. Dohrmann

  • Influence of carbonate microfabrics on the failure strength of claystones

    M. Klinkenberg;S. Kaufhold;R. Dohrmann;S. Siegesmund

  • Rietveld Refinement of Disordered Illite-Smectite Mixed-Layer Structures by a Recursive Algorithm. II: Powder-Pattern Refinement and Quantitative Phase Analysis

    Kristian Ufer;Reinhard Kleeberg;Jörg Bergmann;Reiner Dohrmann

  • Stability of bentonites in salt solutions | sodium chloride

    S. Kaufhold;R. Dohrmann

  • The Fe-Mg-saponite solid solution series – a hydrothermal synthesis study

    Andre Baldermann;Reiner Dohrmann;Stephan Kaufhold;Claudia Nickel

  • Impact of natural organic matter coatings on the microbial reduction of iron oxides

    Christine Poggenburg;Robert Mikutta;Axel Schippers;Reiner Dohrmann

  • About the possible upgrade of bentonite with respect to iodide retention capacity

    S. Kaufhold;M. Pohlmann-Lortz;R. Dohrmann;R. Nüesch

  • Mineralogical characterization of individual growth structures of Mn-nodules with different Ni+Cu content from the central Pacific Ocean

    Anna V. Wegorzewski;Thomas Kuhn;Reiner Dohrmann;Richert Wirth

  • Environmental mineralogy: microbial interactions, anthropogenic influences, contaminated land and waste management

    Reiner Dohrmann;Katja Emmerich;Dieter Rammlmair;Axel Schippers

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Kaufhold
Stephan Kaufhold Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Siegfried Siegesmund
Siegfried Siegesmund University of Göttingen
Axel Schippers
Axel Schippers Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Robert Mikutta
Robert Mikutta Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Ulrich Heimhofer
Ulrich Heimhofer University of Hannover
André Bornemann
André Bornemann Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Reinhold Jahn
Reinhold Jahn Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Donald W. Davis
Donald W. Davis University of Toronto

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