Recent studies of bacterial Fe(II) oxidation at circumneutral pH by a newly-isolated lithotrophic β-Proteobacterium (strain TW2) are reviewed in relation to a conceptual model that accounts for the influence of biogenic Fe(III)-binding ligands on patterns of Fe(II) oxidation and Fe(III) oxide deposition in opposing gradients of Fe(II) and O2. The conceptual model envisions complexation of Fe(II...

Iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) are the two most common redox-active elements in the Earth's crust and are well known to influence mineral formation and dissolution, trace metal sequestration, and contaminant transformations in soils and sediments. Here, we characterized the reaction of aqueous Fe(II) with pyrolusite (β-MnO2) using electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, aqueous Fe and Mn analyses...

A high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry (time of flight) method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of synthetic Fe(III)-chelates used as fertilizers. Analytes included the seven major Fe(III)-chelates used in agriculture, Fe(III)-EDTA, Fe(III)-DTPA, Fe(III)-HEDTA, Fe(III)-CDTA, Fe(III)-o,oEDDHA, Fe(III)-o,pEDDHA, and Fe(III)-EDDHMA, ...

Numerical computation of wave propagation in laminated cylinders with internal fluid and residual stress is obtained using a Wave Finite Element formulation for 2D waveguides. Only very small segment the system modelled, resulting low-order finite element (FE) model to which theory periodic structures applied. The method uses standard FE formulations exploits capability commercial software both...

a novel magnetic mixed hemimicell solid phase extraction (mmhspe) technique for speciation analysis of soluble, ferrous and ferric iron in legumes sample by flame atomic absorption spectrometry analysis (faas) was developed. mmhspe system consisting of alumina-coated magnetite nanoparticles (fe3o4/al2o3nps) modified by sodium dodecylsulfate-1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (sds-pan) have been succes...

The direct computation of the third-order normal form for a geometrically nonlinear structure discretised with finite element (FE) method, is detailed. procedure allows to define mapping in order derive accurate reduced-order models (ROM) relying on invariant manifold theory. proposed reduction strategy and simulation free, sense that it pass from physical coordinates (FE nodes) coordinates, de...

The cause of crack initiation turbine blade had initially cracked by a fatigue mechanism over a period of time and then fractured by the overload at the last moment. Experimental procedure consists of macroscopic inspection, material verification, microscopic examination, and metallographic analysis and finally FE. And for these procedures, some specimens were prepared from a fractured blade. Us...

The potentially tridentate ligand 2-pyridinecarbaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone (HPCIH) and its analogues are an emerging class of orally effective Fe chelators that show great promise for the treatment of Fe overload diseases. Herein, we present an extensive study of the Fe coordination chemistry of the HPCIH analogues including the first crystallographically characterised Fe(II) complex of t...

Alkaline pH values and bicarbonate greatly reduce the mobility and uptake of Fe, causing Fe deficiency chlorosis. In the present work, the effects of pH and bicarbonate on the uptake and accumulation of Fe in the roots of cucumber were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy combined with physiological tests and diaminobenzidine enhanced Perls staining. Mössbauer spectra of Fe-deficient cucumber root...

The real-time translocation of iron (Fe) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Ehimehadaka no. 1) was visualized using the positron-emitting tracer (52)Fe and a positron-emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS). PETIS allowed us to monitor Fe translocation in barley non-destructively under various conditions. In all cases, (52)Fe first accumulated at the basal part of the shoot, suggesting that this ...