We experienced an autopsy case of a death associated with ingestion of liquid detergent. The deceased was an 82-year-old woman who was found dead in her bed room. Autopsy revealed corrosive changes of the mucosal surfaces of the lung. The larynx, trachea and stomach contained mucoid matter with abundant froth. Toxicological investigations detected polyethylene glycol in the bronchus, blood and ...

The separation of graphites and cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is essential to close the loop material used in LIBs. In this study, roasting characteristics LIB are carefully analyzed, effects on surface morphology elemental chemical states electrode fully investigated by thermogravimetric analysis, SEM-EDS, XPS explore roasting–flotation enhancement mechanism. Then, ...

It is possible to obtain good performance from a flotation plant but it has proved difficult to maintain such performance. Recovery rates on a flotation plant can be around 90% and often lower, making flotation one of the least efficient processes in the concentration path. Hence, over the last few decades much research and development has gone into the stabilization and optimization of flotati...

We report a very rare case of acute pulmonary edema caused by hypoglycemia from insulin overdose during an attempted suicide. A 16-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes was brought to our hospital because of hypoglycemic coma. She exhibited severe hypoxia; upon intubation, bloody froth poured out of the tube. Chest X-ray revealed bilateral infiltrates. Endocrinological data revealed high concentr...

of blood-stained froth came out through the wound, very close to the line of fracture. There was a moderate amount of haemoptysis just after the occurrence of the injury. Evidently the lung was wounded at the point where it was caught between fragments of the broken rib and through which air excaped, leaving the prolapsed portion with 110 chance ,of being inflated. Under the circumstances I tho...

A flotation bank is a serial arrangement of cells. How to optimally operate a bank remains a challenge. This article reviews three reported strategies: air profiling, mass-pull (froth velocity) profiling and Peak Air Recovery (PAR) profiling. These are all ways of manipulating the recovery profile down a bank, which may be the property being exploited. Mathematical analysis has shown that a fla...