Mantle-derived xenoliths brought to the Earth’s Surface by basalts are important windows to understand composition, evolution and processes of the lithospheric mantle. The lithosphere of the southeastern China is dominated by peridotite or lherzolite [1, 2]. The spinel peridotite xenoliths studied are from Fangshan basalt, eastern China, which are composed of olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxe...

The flotation behaviors of perovskite, titanaugite, and magnesium aluminate spinel (MA-spinel), using octyl hydroxamic acid (OHA) as the collector, were investigated using microflotation experiments, zeta-potential measurements, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analyses, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses, and flotation experiments on artificially mixed minerals. The microflotati...

Understanding and predicting radiation damage evolution in complex materials is crucial for developing next-generation nuclear energy sources. Here, using a combination of ion beam irradiation, transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, we show that, contrary to the behaviour observed in pyrochlores, the amorphization resistance of spinel compounds correlates directly with the ener...

Introduction: The discovery of spinel rich rock on the Earth’s Moon, detected by the M near-IR mapping spectrometer on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft [1] is among the most intriguing discoveries in a time filled with lunar revelations (e.g., [2]). The M spectrometer discerned several areas on the rim of the far-side Moscoviense basin which had near-IR reflectance spectra characteristic of abundan...

Initial stages of the refractory degradation process by molten Al-5Mg alloy were investigated analyzing structures caused an interaction with metal during heat cycles. The aggregate, found to be poly-crystalline, consisting cristobalite (SiO2) and mullite (Al6Si2O13), was deteriorated ahead surrounding matrix. Metal permeated into refractory, forming a thin layer along crucible surface below li...

Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction with MgAl2O4 barrier is investigated. It found that reactive RF sputtering O2 essential to obtain strong perpendicular anisotropy and large tunneling magnetoresistance in MgAl2O4-based junctions. An interfacial energy density of 2.25 mJ/m2 obtained for the samples annealed at 400C. enhanced 60% has also been achieved. The Vhalf, bias voltage which drops ha...

across) and UI-21 (1.5 cm across). UI-3 is a websterite, composed of augite (gray), orthopyroxene (white) and spinel (brown); at the top is the host basalt. UI-21 is a spinel lherzolite; spinel is brown, other phases near-white. MINERALOGY DETERMINATIONS BY CHEMIN XRD, TESTED ON ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS (MANTLE XENOLITHS). A. H. Treiman, K. L. Robinson, D. F. Blake, and D. Bish. Lunar and Planetary Ins...

Co/TiO2–MgAl2O4 was investigated in a fixed bed reactor for the dry reforming of methane (DRM) process. prepared by modified co-precipitation, followed hydrothermal method. The active metal Co loaded via wetness impregnation catalyst characterized XRD, SEM, TGA, and FTIR. performance DRM process with temperature 750 °C, feed ratio (CO2/CH4) 1, loading 0.5 g, flow rate 20 mL min?1. effect suppor...

Nanostructured Cu(x)Zn(1-x)Al(2)O(4) with a Cu:Zn ratio of ¼:¾ has been prepared by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis at 150 °C and used as a precursor for Cu/ZnO/Al(2)O(3)-based catalysts. The spinel nanoparticles exhibit an average size of approximately 5 nm and a high specific surface area (above 250 m(2) g(-1)). Cu nanoparticles of an average size of 3.3 nm can be formed by reduct...