Kniga posvyashchena izucheniyu termicheskogo i gidrotermal'nogo prevrashcheniya Mg-soderzhashchikh slozhnykh alyumosilikatov - kaolinita, antigorita, dolomita i obsidiana metodami rentgenofazovogo, termogravimetricheskogo i rentgenospektral'nogo analizov, chto pozvolyaet prognozirovat' ikh tekhnologicheskie svoystva. Pokazana vozmozhnost' ispol'zovaniya produktov termicheskogo prevrashcheniya v kachestve vysokotemperaturnykh teploizolyatsionnykh materialov. V knige takzhe izlozheny kratkie svedeniya ob iskhodnykh reaktsionnykh materialakh i metodakh issledovaniya iskhodnykh, promezhutochnykh i konechnykh produktov reaktsiy. Kniga prednaznachena dlya shirokogo klassa spetsialistov v oblasti neorganicheskoy i strukturnoy khimii, khimicheskoy tekhnologii, kristallokhimii, mineralogii.