NOTES ON PETROCHEMISTRY OF ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVES

Remote Optimization in Petrochemistry

In order to extend worldwide the processing business of the petrochemical plant, its potential business partners can themselves concurrently simulate production plans with high quality technical and economic features. In the simulation process, a large number of divergent goals are under attention. Therefore, the plant computer will use the multi-objective linear programming as a tool for negot...

Succession of Ultramafic Vegetation

The mam plant communities of ultramafic (serpentine) outcrops of a Mediterranean area in central Italy are described and their successional pathway discussed. Four vegetation stages are distinguished: a) an endemic garigue stage, with high percentage of exposed rocky soil belonging to Armerio-Alyssetum bertolonii; b) a garigue stage similar to the previous one but with several Mediterranean eve...

The petrochemistry of Jake_M: a martian mugearite.

"Jake_M," the first rock analyzed by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument on the Curiosity rover, differs substantially in chemical composition from other known martian igneous rocks: It is alkaline (>15% normative nepheline) and relatively fractionated. Jake_M is compositionally similar to terrestrial mugearites, a rock type typically found at ocean islands and continental rifts. B...

Mafic - Ultramafic Rock Studies

Nature or petrochemistry?-biologically degradable materials.

Naturally occurring polymers have been utilized for a long time as materials, however, their application as plastics has been restricted because of their limited thermoplastic processability. Recently, the microbial synthesis of polyesters directly from carbohydrate sources has attracted considerable attention. The industrial-scale production of poly(lactic acid) from lactic acid generated by f...