Cement is produced by co-grinding clinker, gypsum and other components defined in the Cement Standards like limestone, pozzolans, fly ash and slag. The grinding is usually performed in horizontal ball mills. Gypsum is typically the basic source of sulphates (SO3) in the cement. The effect of gypsum on the cement quality is critical and twofold. It affects two of the main properties of this prod...

The utility of a laboratory diagnostic approach was investigated for a systematic evaluation of the impact of operating conditions, membrane type, and antiscalant effectiveness on membrane mineral salt scale formation. The study focused on low-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) membrane desalting of brackish water with high potential for scaling by calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum). Gypsum scale fo...

Introduction: Sulfate species were verified by Pathfinder in 1997 and more recently by the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). The best evidence for sulfates on Mars came from the Opportunity rover in Meridiani Planum, where data supporting the existence of Ca and Mg-sulfates were collected from alpha-proton X-ray spectroscopy and thermal emission spectroscopy [1,2]. Hyperspectral VNIR OMEGA images ...

This study was conducted in Umm Qasser, which is located Al-Zubair district, Basra. The research focused on studying the soil content of sulfates, chlorides, and organic matter. aims to measure concentrations salts matter, compare them with standard specifications, know whether these affect engineering behavior or not, chemical tests were carried out for them. results show that average sulfate ...

High levels of accumulated phosphorus (P) in soils of the Delmarva Peninsula are a major source of dissolved P entering drainage ditches that empty into the Chesapeake Bay. The objective of this study was to design, construct, and monitor a within-ditch filter to remove dissolved P, thereby protecting receiving waters against P losses from upstream areas. In April 2007, 110 Mg of flue gas desul...

hyperdiamonds are covalently bonded fullerenes in crystalline forms, more or less related todiamond, and having a significant amount of sp3 carbon atoms. design of severalhypothetical crystal networks was performed by using our original software programscvnet and nano-studio. the topology of the networks is described in terms of the netparameters and several counting polynomials, calculated by ...

The dissolution pattern of alpha and beta activity from gypsum sample when leached with 50,100,150ml of rain water,at different time intervals was determined. The dissolution rate increases if the solid to liquid ratio(gypsum to rain water volume) increases.It also increases with time , even though faster in the initial stages, slower in the subsequent stages. The dissolution rates are also inf...

The effects of a number of design parameters have been investigated including the types of cavity insulation, resilient channels, gypsum board thickness, the number of gypsum board layers, stud arrangements, and type of framing. The results have shown that the main factors that affected the performance of stud wall assemblies were the type of insulation and the number of gypsum board layers. In...