Additives rich in Si and Al such as kaolin may be applied PF biomass boilers to fix alkali metals species that are more benign than the salts released combustion. In this study, models for reaction of gas-phase potassium with particles developed conditions appearing short residence times, high temperatures, small size additive particles. The between gaseous components has been modeled a shrinki...

As human impact have been increasing strongly over the last decades, it is crucial to distinguish human-induced dust sources from natural ones in order to define the boundary of a newly proposed epoch - the Anthropocene. Here, we track anthropogenic signatures and natural geochemical anomalies in the Mukhrino peatland, Western Siberia. Human activity was recorded there from cal AD 1958 (±6). An...

The application of a variety of "surface-science" techniques to elucidate surface structures and mechanisms of chemical reactions at zeolite surfaces has long been considered as almost impossible because of the poor electrical and thermal conductivity of those materials. Here, we show that the growth of a thin aluminosilicate film on a metal single crystal under controlled conditions results in...

Kaolin particles are usually ̄aky in shape. In the present study, kaolin powder compacts were prepared by applying the diepressing technique. The kaolin ̄akes tend to lie down on the plane which is perpendicular to the die-pressing direction. The powder compact thus shows anisotropic shrinkage after ®ring. A series of phase transformations take place as the kaolin is ®red at elevated temperatur...

We study a calcium aluminosilicate glass of composition (SiO2)0.60(Al2O3)0.10(CaO)0.30 by means of molecular dynamics. To this end, we conduct parallel simulations, following a consistent methodology, but using three different potentials. Structural and elastic properties are analyzed and compared to available experimental data. This allows assessing the respective abilities of the potentials t...

Albite (NaAlSi3O8) is an aluminosilicate mineral. Its crystal structure consists of 3-D framework of Al and Si tetrahedral units. We have used Density Functional Theory to investigate the high-pressure behavior of the crystal structure and how it affects the elasticity of albite. Our results indicate elastic softening between 6-8 GPa. This is observed in all the individual elastic stiffness com...