Rhythmic springs (ebb and flow springs, intermittent springs, potajnice) belong to the group of springs which appear exclusively in karstified terrains. The paper describes various types of rhythmic springs and gives their classification. It also develops a mathematical model for the functioning of this type of springs based on the principle of recharge and emptying of the underground reservoir...

Aiming at the industrial scale development of a Scandium (Sc)-selective leaching process 14 of Bauxite Residue (BR), a sufficiently numerous set of process design aspects has been 15 investigated, by appropriate exploitation of available experimental data. The interpretation of 16 experimental data for Sc leaching yield, with sulfuric acid as the leaching solvent, has shown 17 significant impac...

Bauxite is mined and transported by conveyor to a processing plant, screened and washed, then placed into blended stockpiles to feed the alumina refinery. While being stacked to the stockpile, the ore is sampled. Completed stockpiles must be acceptably close to target grade (composition), not only in alumina, but also in residual silica, carbon and sodium carbonate. The mine is an open-cut pit....

Rietveld Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction (RQXRD) has become commonplace for the analysis of everything from industrial materials, such as concrete, to geologic materials, such as bauxite ores or igneous rocks. The recent report on the IUCR Round Robin study on quantitative analysis indicates that accurate results may not always be obtained when using RQXRD, even with simple three-phase mixtures....

This study evaluates the spatial heterogeneity of the soil chemical properties of surface soils across a 1 ha old-growth subtropical karst forest in southwest China.

Results are presented from X-ray absorption spectroscopy based analysis of As, Cr, and V speciation within samples of bauxite ore processing residue (red mud) collected from the spill site at Ajka, Western Hungary. Cr K-edge XANES analysis found that Cr is present as Cr(3+) substituted into hematite, consistent with TEM analysis. V K-edge XANES spectra have E(1/2) position and pre-edge features...