This report and the two preceding semiannual reports present the results of eighteen months of research aimed at demonstrating the viability of a mirror structure concept formed by sputter deposited materials. The mirror concept would be used in high energy CO, C0?, and other infrared laser systems at the infrared wave length of 10.6 m. Briefly, the mirror concept consisted of a support with se...

Four distinct types of fluid inclusion are associated with brecciation, alteration and mineralization in the Ilkwang Cu–W breccia-pipe deposit in the southeastern Kyongsang Basin, South Korea. The earliest fluid inclusions in igneous quartz have salinities of 35–49 wt% NaCl equiv. and homogenize by halite dissolution. This fluid exsolved directly from the melt. A CO2-bearing fluid (2–4 wt% NaCl...

The amount of glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP), a glycoprotein produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), its contribution to the sequestering of Cu and Zn in the soil, and the microsite variation of other soil traits (pH, water-stable aggregates--[WSA], soil organic carbon--[SOC]) was studied in a semi-arid Mediterranean ecosystem near a copper smelter and affected by deposit of metal...

A oxidação de complexos de Cu(II) com tetra, penta e hexaglicina, em solução aquosa de tampão borato, pelo oxigênio dissolvido é fortemente acelerada por sulfito. A formação de complexos de Cu(III) com máximos de absorbância em 250 nm (ε = 9000 mol L cm) e 365 nm (ε = 7120 mol L cm) foi também caracterizada usando-se voltametria com eletrodo rotativo disco-anel, na qual componentes anódicos e c...

Este trabalho descreve o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia para a pré-concentração seletiva de Cu(II) usando espuma de poliuretano (PUF) como suporte e o negro de eriocromo T (EBT) como ligante. A extração quantitativa do Cu(II) foi obtida em um meio contendo 60 mg L de EBT e pH 1,5 (ajustado com solução de HCl). O tempo mínimo para extração do Cu(II) foi de 30 min quando 200 mg de PUF foram a...

A fundamental study on the adsorption of metal elements on Shirasu, a pyroclastic flow deposit distributed in southern Kyushu, Japan, has been conducted. The adsorption experiment was carried out by a batch method, and by using Zn(II) and Cu(II) under several conditions; the effects of the initial concentration of metal ions, grain size, and pH were investigated. At smaller grain sizes, the amo...

A re-examination of the El Dragón vein-type Se deposit using polarized light microscopy and scanning-electron microscopy combined with electron-microprobe analyses revealed the following results: the detection of (a) petříčekite, krut’aite and penroseite close to endmember composition; (b) a yet unknown mineral of the ideal composition CuNi2Se4; (c) intermediate members of the vaesite-pyrite so...

A remoção de Cu (10 mg L) complexado por ácido húmico comercial (100 mg L) foi estudada a diferentes densidades de corrente (30-80 mA cm) usando uma célula filtro-prensa, ânodo de Ti/Ru 0.3 Ti 0.7 O 2 e cátodo de aço inoxidável. As eletrólises foram feitas com e sem membrana separando os compartimentos da célula [aniônica homogênea (Nafion R117), catiônica heterogênea (Ionac MC-3470) e aniônica...