Heterogeneous selective hydrogenation of ethylene carbonate (EC), a key step in indirect conversion of CO2, was realized over a copper chromite nanocatalyst prepared via a hydrothermal method followed by calcination. The selectivities towards methanol (60%) and ethylene glycol (93%) were higher than those achieved over other usual hydrogenation catalysts.

Gravity data inversion is one of the important steps in the interpretation of practical gravity data. The inversion result can be obtained by minimization of the Tikhonov objective function. The determination of an optimal regularization parameter is highly important in the gravity data inversion. In this work, an attempt was made to use the active constrain balancing (ACB) method to select the...

By examining the minor and trace element contents of chromites from three intrusions—the Bushveld Complex (South Africa), Stillwater (USA), Great Dyke (Zimbabwe)—and comparing these chromite compositions with those magmas which they could have formed (komatiites picrites) we conclude that ( i) variations in Ti, V, Sc, Ga across stratigraphy individual layers do not support model magma mixing le...

No genetic link between the two main types of chromitite, stratiform and podiform chromitites, has ever been discussed. These chromitite have very different geological contexts; one is a member layered intrusions, representing fossil magma chambers, in crust, forms pod-like bodies, conduits, upper mantle. Chromite grains contain peculiar polymineralic inclusions derived from Na-bearing hydrous ...

J. Korol, Central Mining Institute, Department of Material Engineering, Poland D. Burchart-Korol, A. Smoliński, Central Mining Institute, Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection, Poland In this study composition of sinter mixtures used in Polish sinter plants were established. Seven sinter mixtures composition were examined, based on iron-bearing materials, admixtures and fuels.

Abstract Drilling related to development of the platinum-group element deposit J-M Reef Stillwater Complex returned samples a rare chromitite seam between anorthosite and norite in discordant anorthositic body. Plagioclase core An concentrations are marginally higher modestly reversely zoned on side (average Ancore = 83·8; average – Anrim –1·1) as compared with 82·5; +1·0). The anorthosites als...