Research on the soil structural effects of potassium (K) in irrigation wastewaters has received limited attention due to the typically low abundance of K in most waters. Winery processing wastewater however tends to have elevated concentrations of both K and sodium (Na). This study investigated the contrasting cation dynamics under municipal and winery wastewater following irrigation to a heavy...

Drying of wild pomegranate seeds was carried out by using various drying methods to evaluate the best and feasible method of drying and to produce a value added product “anardana”. The various drying methods used were vacuum drying, oven drying, sun drying, poly-tent house drying and room drying. The experimental results showed that out of all the drying methods, sun drying method for anardana ...

Abstract Mineral distributions can be determined in drill core samples from a Carlin-type gold deposit, using micro-X-ray fluorescence (µXRF) raster data. Micro-XRF data were collected Bruker Tornado µXRF scanner on split (~25 × 8 cm) with at spatial resolution of ~100 µm. AMICS software was used to identify mineral species data, which revealed that many individual sample spots mixtures due the...

Introduction: Knowledge of the surface mineralogy and chemistry of the crust is central to understanding the evolution of the lunar crust. Using the 5-band ultravioletvisible (UVVIS) Clementine data set, Tompkins and Pieters [1] showed that approximate mineralogy could be determined from Clementine data and analyzed 109 impact craters detailing the approximate mineralogy, or rocktypes, of their...

The objectives of the study were to (i) investigate whether short term mineralization varies to a greater extent by charring organic matter (OM) or by exposure to different mineral surfaces, (ii) examine the effect of clay mineralogy on mineralization of either charred or uncharred OM and (iii) quantify these differences in mineralization in the context of C evolution during charring. Mineraliz...

This study aims to contribute improve the knowledge on setting of Irbiben granites, located south gold deposit this locality (Tagragra d'Akka buttonhole, Anti-Atlas, Morocco). The petrographic characterization showed leucocratic porphyry rocks, with a mineralogy dominated by quartz and phenocrysts plagioclase, alkali feldspars sometimes centimetric size as well very small sulphides metallic lus...

To establish the most convenient and effective method to dry tangerine peels, different methods (sun drying, hot-air drying, freeze drying, vacuum drying, and medium- and short-wave infrared drying) were exploited. Our results indicated that medium- and short-wave infrared drying was the best method to preserve nutraceutical components; for example, vitamin C was raised to 6.77 mg/g (D.W.) from...

Wild pomegranate arils were blanched in hot water at 85°C for one minute and then pretreated by soaking in 0.2% solution of potassium metabisulphite (KMS) for 2 minutes. The pretreated arils were dried in a mechanical drier at 60°C as well as in a solar drier. The time taken to bring the moisture content to 8% (db) during mechanical drying and solar drying was 5.5 hours and 13 hours respectivel...

To explore the collapse of eucalyptus wood cells during the drying process, continuous and intermittent drying were carried out on Eucalyptus urophylla. The shrinkage throughout the intermittent drying process was less than that of continuous drying. According to observations of cells made using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), there was a large difference in the degree of cell collapse betw...

Characteristics of microwave drying of wood strands with different initial moisture contents and geometries were investigated using a commercial 10 small microwave oven under different power inputs. Temperature and moisture changes along with the drying efficiency were examined at different drying scenar­ ios. Extractives were analyzed using gas chromatography=mass spectrometry (GC=MS). The res...