Ghezeljeh montmorillonite nanoclay was used as a natural adsorbent to measure and remove copper ions released from the cooking pot into food by applying the solid phase extraction (SPE) method in batch mode. The clay is characterized by using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). The results of XRD and FT-IR of n...

A single Brachionus rotifer can consume thousands of algae cells per hour causing an algae pond to crash within days of infection. Thus, there is a great need to reduce rotifers in order for algal biofuel production to become reality. Copper can selectively inhibit rotifers in algae ponds, thereby protecting the algae crop. Differential toxicity tests were conducted to compare the copper sensit...

The instability of ascorbic acid in weakly acid solutions has recently been shown to be due to the copper content of the solutions (1). By strict elimination of copper, solutions of ascorbic acid are stable below pH 7.6. The preparation of copper-free reagents, however, is not very practical and in analytical procedures would not eliminate copper contamination from the materials analyzed. The u...

A cross-comparison of six strains isolated from two different regions, Chambishi copper mine (Zambia, Africa) and Dexing copper mine (China, Asia), was conducted to study the leaching efficiency of low grade copper ores. The strains belong to the three major species often encountered in bioleaching of copper sulfide ores under mesophilic conditions: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobaci...

materials with high electrical and thermal conductivity, respectively with microstructural stability and high temperature strength, are very attractive for the electricelectronic industry and special machine building industry (actively-cooled parts, rocket nozzles, magnet wire and cables, welding electrode tips). copper is one of the most promising metals for these applications because it has t...

Abstract Phytomining has been gaining more and popularity in recent years. Scientific information is being accumulated technologies are developed that could make phytomining an applicable technology for the extraction of rare noble metals. In Bulgaria, mining industry well developed. Copper, lead, zinc, gold polymetallic ores mainly mined. The waste generated during process these a great potent...

dissolved nitrogen predispersed solvent extraction (dnpdse) is a new method devised for improving the performance of equipment utilized in the solvent extraction (sx) method, especially for dilute solutions. in this method, for mixing the two phases, bubble dispersion of the organic phase (colloidal gas aphrons [cgas]) is used instead of its drop dispersion in the aqueous phase. through increas...

The high solubility of copper sulphide minerals is an issue in the cyanidation of gold ores. The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of individual copper sulphide minerals on the Hunt process, which showed advantages over cyanidation. High purity djurleite, bornite and chalcopyrite, with a P70 of 70–74 microns, were mixed with fine quartz and gold powder (3–8 micron) to obtain a ...

543 Introduction During the last years, due to world-wide economic recession and a large inventory of stock, copper reached a historical value of 0.59 US$/pound in 2001. This fact meant closing down many important mining companies in the world, mainly in USA. On the other hand, strong environmental restrictions have been imposed on the mining activity, and it is expected they will become more r...