Search results for "MINERALOGY"

Tracing the source of gypsum in New Caledonian soils by REE contents and SSr isotopic compositions

1998

Gypsum minerals forming in pedogenic environments in New Caledonia were examined for their S and Sr isotope compositions and REE distributions. Three possible sources were identified: volcanic, soil-derived and marine. However, differentiation based only on the REE contents and normalized patterns was not possible, but, the best preserved volcanic sample yields a negative EuEu∗ anomaly and the lowest GdNYbN ratio due to the high content of organic matter. Mixing calculations of the δ34S values and 87Sr86Sr ratios confirmed that the marine gypsum has a δ34S value close to + 21‰ and an 87Sr86Sr ratio close to 0.70912, and that the volcanic gypsum has a δ34S value of 0‰ and an 87Sr86Sr ratio o…

Données expérimentales et modélisation d’adsorption des systèmes N2(g)/montmorillonite potassique de Camp-Berteau et N2(g)/hydrotalcite carbonatée

1999

Resume In this paper capacities of adsorption of nitrogen onto two clays at 77 K are compared and analyzed. One system is a montmorillonite of Camp-Berteau saturated by potassium cation and the second one is an hydrotalcite saturated by carbonate anion. Adsorbed amounts have been obtained using a volumetric technique. So it is shown that the smectite adsorbed more than the hydrotalcite at the same relative pressure of nitrogen. The modelling of experimental data by various theories of adsorption as de Brunauer, Emmett et Teller (BET) and t-method are used to calculate the specific surface and to have access to the porosity of these materials at 77 K. Then it is shown that the adsorption of …

Effect of filtration conditions on the apparent density of the intercrystalline layers of polyethylene single crystal mats

1969

Die chemische molekulargewichtsbestimmung von polystyrol mit hilfe colorimetrisch bestimmbarer endgruppen. III. Mitt.

1964

Ein mit dem Diacylperoxyd der 3-Benzolazo-benzoesare hergestelltes Polystyrol enthalt Endgruppen, die durch Extinktionsmessungen bei 442, 319 und 262,5 mμ bestimmt wurden. Es wurde eine Extinktionszahl-Molekulargewichts-Beziehung aufgestellt, die dem bekannten VAN'T HOFFschen Gesetz entspricht. Falls die Zahl der charakteristisch absorbierenden Endgruppen je Makromolekul unbekannt ist, wurden fur die experimentelle Bestimmung eines Mindestmolekulargewichts mehrere voneinander unabhangige Gleichungen gefunden. Viskosimetrisch und uber Extinktionsmessungen bestimmte Molekulargewichte wurden verglichen. Polystyrene, prepared by means of a diacylperoxide of the 3-benzeneazobenzoic acid, contain…

Optical properties of lithium niobate single crystals

2005

Studies of thermal and γ-irradiation effects on the optical properties in congruous lithium niobate single crystals containing Y, Mg, Gd, B, and Zn dopants including samples with double dopants Y, Mg and Gd, Mg are reported. Formation of defects at irradiation and thermal treatment of the samples is explored by electron absorption spectra. Considerable increase of absorption with the dose of γ-radiation is observed at 500 nm. The changes of absorption examined under different conditions are explained by creation and destruction of Nb 4 + defects.

Hafnium-neodymium isotope evidence for enhanced weathering and tectonic-climate interactions during the Late Cretaceous

2022

<p>Over million-year timescale the carbon cycle evolution is driven by mantle CO<sub>2</sub> degassing (source) and by continental weathering that drawdowns atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> through silicate weathering reactions (sink). Based on a novel geochemical proxy of chemical weathering intensity (i.e. using measurements of Hf and Nd isotope ratios in clay-size fractions of sediments) and clay mineralogy, we discuss the links between tectonic, continental weathering and climate evolution during the late Cretaceous. That period records the very first step of the last greenhouse to icehouse transition and is concomitant to …

Quantitative identification, distribution and source apportionment of anthropogenic trace metals in marine sediment of Milazzo gulf (N-E Sicily): pre…

2009

Effectiveness of Preservative Treatments on Coloured Ruditic Building Stones

2009

:  The dark grey Breccia di Billiemi and the Ammonitico Rosso of Piana degli Albanesi, two coloured stones widely used in monuments both outdoor and indoor in Sicily, undergo significant decay as effect of weathering: colour change and development of surface microcracks which affect not only the chromatic aspect but also the state of aggregation. In a previous study (Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones, 2006, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: 329), such effects were successfully reproduced on laboratory samples by means of artificial accelerated weathering and the different response of veins and grains to the ageing agents was related to the microstructure of stones. In this…

A Simple Complex on the Verge of Breakdown: Isolation of the Elusive Cyanoformate Ion

2014

Cyanide Hitches a Ride Cyanide is a by-product of the biosynthesis of ethylene in plants and it has been somewhat puzzling how the ion is safely removed before it can shut down enzymatic pathways by coordination to catalytic iron centers. A proposed mechanism has implicated the cyanoformate ion—essentially, a weak adduct of cyanide and carbon dioxide—as the initial product, although its lifetime was uncertain. Murphy et al. (p. 75 ; see the Perspective by Alabugin and Mohamed ) crystallized this previously elusive adduct and found that its solution-phase stability varies inversely with the dielectric properties of the medium. The results bolster a picture in which the adduct shuttles the cy…

Characterization of spatial porosity and mineral distribution of crystalline rock using X-ray micro computed tomography, C-14-PMMA autoradiography an…

2019

The spatial porosity and mineral distribution of geological materials strongly affects transport processes in them. X-ray micro computed tomography (X-mu CT) has proven to be a powerful tool for characterizing the spatial mineral distribution of geological samples in 3-D. However, limitations in resolution prevent an accurate characterization of pore space especially for tight crystalline rock samples and 2-D methods such as C-14-polymethylmethacrylate (C-14-PMMA) autoradiography and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are needed. The spatial porosity and mineral distributions of tight crystalline rock samples from Aspo, Sweden, and Olkiluoto, Finland, were studied here. The X-mu CT were use…