In this idealized, stoichiometric equation, cellulose (represented as C,H,,O,) reacts with water to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide, mimicking the commercial manufacture of hydrogen from methane by catalytic steam reforming chemistv. More realistically, a practical technology must be able to convert the cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and extractive components of the biomass feedstock to ...

Windblown transport and deposition of dust is widely recognized as an important physical and chemical concern to climate, human health and ecosystems. Sistan is a region located in southeast Iran with extensive wind erosion, severe desertification and intense dust storms, which cause adverse effects in regional air quality and human health. To mitigate the impact of these phenomena, it is vital...

We report low-temperature microbial precipitation of dolomite in dilute natural waters from both field and laboratory experiments. In a freshwater aquifer, microorganisms colonize basalt and nucleate nonstoichiometric dolomite on cell walls. In the laboratory, ordered dolomite formed at near-equilibrium conditions from groundwater with molar Mg:Ca ratios of ,1; dolomite was absent in sterile ex...

The decomposition of dolomite into CaO and MgO was performed at 1073 K in vacuum and at 1273 K in an Ar atmosphere. The dolomite calcined in vacuum was found to have a higher specific surface area and a higher micropore volume when compared to the dolomite calcined in the Ar atmosphere. These pyrolysis products of dolomite were reacted with CO2 at 673 K for 21.6 ks. On the absorption of CO2, th...

Anomalously saline waters in Ocean Drilling Program Holes 1127, 1129, 1130, 1131 and 1132, which penetrate southern Australian slope sediments, and isotopic analyses of large benthic foraminifera from southern Australian continental shelf sediments, indicate that Pleistocene–Holocene meso-haline salinity reflux is occurring along the southern Australian margin. Ongoing dolomite formation is obs...

The present study was designed to explore the applicability of dolomite dust (a waste from a quarry) as filler in polymer composites. Therefore, fixed carbon fiber reinforced vinyl ester composites with varying proportions (0, 5, 10 and 15 wt.%) are manufactured subsequently evaluated for physicomechanical sliding wear properties. Experimental results indicate that density, void content, impact...

Replacement dolomite in the Latemar carbonate buildup, northern Italy, formed when limestone was infiltrated by and reacted with Mg-rich fluid. It occurs in discrete bodies in sharp contact with unreacted limestone. The dolomite developed in a nearly orthogonal lattice of vertical columns (replacement of limestone breccia pipes) and sheets (replacement along fractures and limestone-dike contact...

Empirical Calibration for Dolomite Stoichiometry Calculation: Application on Triassic Muschelkalk-Lettenkohle Carbonates (French Jura) — This study concerns an approach for dolomite quantification and stoichiometry calculation by using X-ray diffractometry coupled with cell and Rietveld refinements and equipped with a newly substantial database of dolomite composition. A greater accuracy and pr...