Authotrophic denitrification with sulphide using nitrate (R1) and nitrite (R2) as electron acceptor were investigated at bench scale. Different SRT (5 and 20 d) have been tested in R1 while R2 was operated at SRT = 13 d. The results indicated that the process allows to achieve complete sulphide removal in all testes conditions. Tested sulphide loads were estimated form the H2S produced in a pil...

Autotrophic denitrification with sulphide using nitrate (R1) and nitrite (R2) as electron acceptor was investigated at bench scale. Different solids retention times (SRT) (5 and 20 d) have been tested in R1 while R2 was operated at SRT=13 d. The results indicated that the process allows complete sulphide removal to be achieved in all tested conditions. Tested sulphide loads were estimated from ...

Histochemical methods have been devised Lo demonstrate certain metabolic activities of cells. By these techniques certain structures in a particular tissue are made to stand out in contrast to the other constituents. We have applied the methods for demonstrating alkaline and acid phosphatase activity to the study of the skin in leprosy. Pearse (5) has pointed out that these methods depend on in...

The application of sulphide scavengers is a widely adopted practice in production and processing operations in the Oil and Gas Industry. Particularly challenging is the search and development of new chemistries, which is aimed at safeguarding the health of personnel and maintaining good protection of materials under a variety of conditions whilst being environmentally acceptable. This paper inc...

A series of hybrid cadmium salt/cationic surfactant layered nanocomposites containing different concentrations of cadmium sulphide was prepared by exchanging chloride by sulphide ions in the layered precursor CdXx(OH)y(CnTA)z in a solid phase/gas reaction, resulting in a series of layered species exhibiting stoichiometries corresponding to CdSvXx(OH)y(CnTA)z, constituted by two-dimensional CdCl...

The work describes the production of alkaline protease in a lab scale fermentor from Bacillus subtilis IH-72. The production of alkaline protease was enhanced by optimization of cultural conditions in a stirred fermentor. The alkaline protease so produced was applied to the goat skin for the removal of hair. The skin pieces were treated in three different ways; singly with the enzyme, in combin...

Continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis offers a cheap, green and highly scalable route for the preparation of inorganic nanomaterials which has predominantly been applied to metal oxide based materials. In this work we report the first continuous flow hydrothermal synthesis of metal sulphide nanomaterials. A wide range of binary metal sulphides, ZnS, CdS, PbS, CuS, Fe(1-x)S and Bi2S3, have been...

UNLABELLED This case series details clinical observations in 7 survivors of accidental hydrogen sulphide inhalation toxicity at a petroleum refinery in Sri Lanka. One survivor developed status epilepticus and severe neurotoxicity whilst another survivor developed delayed respiratory failure; both patients required intensive care management. One victim manifested mild bronchospasms in the immedi...

The most important examples of magmatic ore deposits in volcanic rocks are Fe-Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphides associated with Archean and Proterozoic komatiitic lava channels (Lesher, 1989). Komatiitehosted ores contain ~25% of the world’s nickel sulphide resource (≥ 0.8% Ni), including significant amounts of copper and platinum group elements (Ross and Travis, 1981). Field, experimental, and theoretical...

The historically productive copper-bearing Besshi-type sulphide deposits in the Japanese accretionary complex were formed as volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits on the deep-sea floor of the Panthalassa Ocean. Here we report that eleven typical Besshi-type deposits yielded Re-Os isochron ages around 150 Ma (148.4 ± 1.4 Ma from the composite isochron) in Late Jurassic time. This date coincides...