Preliminary results of the analyses of five carbonaceous materials (particle size of approximately 50 μm) from the Hayabusa spacecraft sample catcher, including their texture, chemistry, and chemical/isotopic compositions, are summarized. The carbonaceous particles underwent sequential analysis using a series of microanalytical instruments located at several research institutes and universities...

Our previous studies indicated that native carbonic anhydrase does not interact with hydrophobic adsorbents and that it acquires this ability upon denaturation. In the present study, an apo form of the enzyme was prepared by removal of zinc and a comparative study was performed on some characteristic features of the apo and native forms by far- and near-UV circular dichroism (CD), intrinsic flu...

This study used the Community Atmospheric Model 3.5 (CAM3.5) to investigate the effects of carbonaceous aerosols on climate. The simulations include control runs with 3 times the mass of carbonaceous aerosols as compared to the model’s default carbonaceous aerosol mass, as well as no-carbon runs in which carbonaceous aerosols were removed. The slab ocean model (SOM) and the fixed sea surface te...

An increasing number of low-grade gold ore deposits are characterized by the presence of gold as solid solution into the mineral matrix of sulphide minerals which is not directly amenable to gold cyanidation. In order to liberate this submicroscopic gold the ore has to be oxidized before being subjected to gold cyanidation and exctraction. This is mainly done by autoclave pressure oxidation (AC...

Oxygen isotope ratios of large cosmic spherules: Carbonaceous and ordinary chondrite parent bodies Conference Item How to cite: Suavet, C.; Alexandre, A.; Franchi, I. A.; Gattacceca, J.; Sonzoghi, C.; Greenwood, R. C.; Folco, L. and Rochette, P. (2009). Oxygen isotope ratios of large cosmic spherules: Carbonaceous and ordinary chondrite parent bodies. In: 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Confer...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Insight into the evolution of the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite by analysis of the oxygen isotopic composition of extracted water and Mssbauer spectroscopy Conference Item (2001). Insight into the evolution of the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite by analysis of the oxygen isotopic composition of extracte...

Introduction: Understanding the distribution, chemistry, and structure of C in carbonaceous chondrites (CC) is fundamental to revealing information on early solar chemical evolution. The Tagish Lake CC has generated much interest partly because of its pristine nature and high C content [1,2,3]. Unique to the Tagish Lake CC are hollow carbonaceous nanoglobules [4]. These particles are morphologi...

The importance of removal of heavy metals from drinking water has received significant attention of researchers and decision makers across the globe. Bio-adsorbents have emerged as potential remediation materials for the removal of heavy metals and metalloids from both groundwater and surface water. Plants, algae, fungi are some of the biomass derived adsorbents which are capable of removing he...

Ureilites and carbonaceous chondrites: The origin of ureilite meteorites has been consistently regarded as problematic [1]. A distinctive feature of ureilites is that they contain carbonaceous matter up to 6 wt. %, particularly in the form of graphite in veinlets between silicate (mostly olivine) crystals, and along their cleavage planes. The carbonaceous matter within them suggests a relations...

Sorption techniques are widely used to remove heavy metal ions from large volumes of aqueous solutions. Herein, the natural and some artificial materials, such as clay minerals, biosorbents, carbon-nanomaterials, metal oxides, are reviewed as adsorbents in the removal of different heavy metal ions, such as Ni(II), Cu(II), Pb(II), Cd(II), Cs(I), Eu(III), Th(IV), Cr(VI) from large volumes of aque...