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DearEditorandReviewers:

Onbehalfofmyco-authors,weareverygratefultoyouforgivingusanopportunitytoreviseourmanuscript.weappreciateyouverymuchforyourpositiveandconstructivecommentsandsuggestionsonourmanuscriptentitled“ThermalProcessandMechanismofPhaseTransitionandDetoxificationofGlass-ceramicsfromAsbestosTailings”(ID:NOC-D-18-01200).

Wehavestudiedreviewers’commentscarefullyandtriedourbesttoreviseourmanuscriptaccordingtothecomments.ThefollowingaretheresponsesandrevisionsIhavemadeinresponsetothereviewers'questionsandsuggestionsonanitem-by-itembasis.Thanksagaintothehardworkoftheeditorandreviewer!

ResponsetothecommentsofReviewer#1

CommentNo.1:Pagenumbershouldbeincludedinthemanuscript.

Response:ThankstoReviewerforreminder,weaddedthepagenumbertothemanuscript.

CommentNo.2:Isitdifferentialthermalanalysisordifferentialscanningcalorimetry?(Abstract)

Response:Thecrystallizationandphasechangeofthesampleswereinvestigatedbythermogravimetry-differentialscanningcalorimetry(TG-DSC),andtheresultswereshowninfigure2.

CommentNo.3:Pleaseclarify:"Asbestostailingsaretailingsproducedduringtheminingandbeneficiationofchrysotile(fibridasbestos)"GiventhefactthatchrysotileiscarcinogenicpleaseincludeintheIntroductionpartsomeaspectsabouthealthregulations/concernstotakecareduringsynthesisofchrysotilecontainingmaterials.Forinstance,whichisthesafety/allowedthresholdforchrysotilecontentinbuildingmaterials?(Introduction)

Response:ItisreallytrueasReviewermentionedthatduetothehazardsofchrysotile,theuseofchrysotilecontainingmaterialshavebeenbannedcompletelyinmanycountries,andfortherecyclingofchrysotilecontainingmaterials,therearesomelegalrestrictionswhichIhaveaddedtothesectionofIntroduction.Therearesomesafetyhazardsinthesynthesisanduseofasbestos-containingmaterialsinevitably,howeverthisconcerndoesn'texistinourexperiment,becausethesamplespreparedintheexperimentarecompletelyfreeofasbestos,whichisexplainedintheresponsetoReviewer#2below.

CommentNo.4:Magnificationwithin1000-500rangeincludedintheexperimentalpart,butx5000magnificationismetinFigs6.(Experimentalcharacterization)

Response:Weareverysorryforournegligenceofmistakenlywritingthemagnificationrangeas500-1000intheexperimentalcharacterization,actuallythemagnificationrangeis500-5000.

ResponsetothecommentsofReviewer#2

CommentNo.1:Manuscriptdealswithtransformationofunhealthychrysotile(serpentine)intoforsteriteand/orenstatite-containingmaterialsfordecorativebuildingpurposes.However,chrysotilecontentoftheobtainedmaterialsshouldbethoroughlycontrolled.

Response:Thankyouforyourvaluablecomment,itisdefinitelyacriticalissuethatchrysotilecontentoftheobtainedmaterials(glass-ceramics)shouldbethoroughlycontrolled.Actually,thechrysotileinserpentinestartsat600℃andcompletelyremoveshydroxylat700℃resultingthedecompositionoforiginalmineralsandthedisintegrationofstructure,andformharmlesssubstancesincludingamorphoussilicaandforsterite.Sointheexperiment,thefiberstructurechrysotilecanbecompletelydestroyedafterpre-firingat700℃.Furthermore,inthethermaltreatmentofcrystallizationandsinteringathighertemperatures,theresiduethathasnotbeencompletelydecomposedcanbefurtherdecomposedandtotallyconvertedintoharmlessphasesincludingforsterite,enstatite,etc.bysolidphasereactionandsolid-liquidreaction.Ultimately,theproductwasentirelyasbestos-freeandwhichcanbeseenfromthemorphologyofthesamplesinfigure6.

ResponsetothecommentsofReviewer#3

CommentNo.1:GivesomereferenceforthechemicalcontentofAsbestostailingsforthebenefitofthereader.(Introduction)

Response:AsReviewersuggestedthatitisindeedbettertogivesomereferenceforthechemicalcontentofAsbestostailings.Tworeference(reference2andreference3)wereaddedtoconfirmthechemicalcontentandphasecompositionofasbestostailings.

CommentNo.2:Howdoyoudistinguishbetweenthemaincrystalphaseandthesubcrystallinephase?

Response:wearesorrythatwemayhavenotexpresseditclearly,theword“subcrystalline”usedinmymanuscriptmaybenotaccurate.Ithinkitwouldbesuitabletochangeittotheword“minor”.ThecontentofdifferentcrystalphasesinthesampleweredeterminedbyrietveldrefinementusingGSAS,andtheresultsareshownbelow(withtheweightfractionofforsteritebeing39.44%,enstatite24.92%,diopside21.18%andmagnesioferrite14.45%respectively).Accordingtotheresult,itcanbeseenthatthemaincrystalphasesareforsteriteandenstatite,andtheminorphasesarediopsideandmagnesioferrite.

Fig1.Rietveldrefinementofthesamplecrystallizedat850℃andsinteredat1200℃

Table1.QualityofRefinementAnalysis

Rwp(%)

Rp(%)

Rexp(%)

GOF

8.61

6.32

8.44

1.02

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