Calcium carbonate and calcium-magnesium carbonate in the form of limestone, dolomite, marl, chalk, and Oyster shell are one of the most widely utilized non-metallic materials in the industrial world. The largest use of limestone or calcium carbonate is in the cement industry where it is used as a source of CaO and also in the concrete industry where it is used as the primary coarse aggregate. F...

DSDP/ODP porewater profiles in organic carbon-bearing (< 5% org. C) sediments commonly show decreases in Ca concentrations and increases in alkalinity over depths where sulphate is being removed by microbial reduction. These Ca depletion profiles represent the combined effect of diffusion, advection and reaction (addition by ion exchange and removal by precipitation mainly as CaCO3 and/or dolom...

Dolomite and magnesite are simple anhydrous calcium and/or magnesium carbonate minerals occurring mostly at Earth surfaces. However, laboratory synthesis of neither species at ambient temperature and pressure conditions has been proven practically possible, and the lack of success was assumed to be related to the strong solvation shells of magnesium ions in aqueous media. Here, we report the sy...

Haynes, F.M., 1984. A geochemical model for sulfide paragenesis and zoning in the Cu-Fe--As--S system (Tsumeb, South West Africa/Namibia). Chem. Geol., 47: 183--190. The Cu-bearing hypogene mineralization at Tsumeb, South West Africa/Namibia, is interpreted to have resulted from the interaction of hot circulating Cu-rich saline solutions and host dQlomites. Fluids attending formation of the mai...

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico is the first geologic repository for disposal of transuranic nuclear waste from defense-related programs of the US Department of Energy. It is constructed within halite beds of the Permian-age Salado Formation. The Culebra Dolomite, confined within Rustler Formation evaporites overlying the Salado Formation, is a potential pathway for radionu...

The effects of two mineral adducts (dolomite and olivine) as proportion in Calabrian pine wood chip based-experimental panels which bonded with synthetic adhesive (UF) were evaluated. It appears both minerals (P: calabrian chip-, X: Dolomite- Y: Olivine composite proportions) improve the water repellent efficiency (WRE) properties at certain extent. In all experimental procedure, WRE increased ...

In order to improve the corrosion resistance of aluminosilicate refractories by molten aluminum, alkaline fluoride NaF and cryolite Na3AlF6 powders were studied. Both physical and chemical properties are known to influence wetting and corrosion behavior. This paper devoted to determine the influence of alkaline fluoride and cryolite added to andalusite based castable on the reaction with a...

In recent years, the use of nanotechnology (nano-particles, nanomaterial, nano-additives and nanostructuredmaterials) has attracted attention of scholars, engineers and scientists in all scientificfields such as chemistry, medicine, material, agriculture, electronic etc. The use of nanotechnologyhas also become widespread in the refractory products (which mainly used in variou...