In this study, bauxite/deionized water nanofluid was prepared by two-step method and its thermopyhsical properties were experimentally investigated. Bauxite milled high-energy spex-type ball milling attritor. nanoparticles with a size of 38 nm (2% weight) Sodium Dodecyl Benzene Sulfonate (0.5% doped into the deionized while preparing bauxite nanofluid. Ultrasonication applied for three hours to...

In order to meet the significantly increased metal demand of the world market, it has been decided to expand the capacity of the existing alumina refineries and to set up new plants (more than 2 Mt/a each). The selection among the bauxite sources is based on previous exploration data, such as: tonnage, grade, mineralogy, etc., the geographical position of the deposit, existing natural and const...

Long-term declines in rainfall in south-western Australia have resulted in increased interest in the hydraulic characteristics of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Smith) forest established in the region's drinking water catchments on rehabilitated bauxite mining sites. We hypothesized that in jarrah forest established on rehabilitated mine sites: (1) leaf area index (L) is independent of in...

Biglar Permo-Triassic bauxite deposit is located in ~15 km northwest of Abgarm, southwest of Ghazvin province, west of central Iran. It consists of 8 stratiform and discontinuous bauxite lenses lying along the contact of Ruteh (Permian) and Elika (Triassic) carbonate formations. Petrographically, the bauxite ores exhibit collomorphic-fluidal, pseudo-breccia, pseudo-porphyritic, panidio-morphic-...

For the past decades researchers are showing immense interest to investigate the natural advantage of preparation of composites from minerals such as bauxite particles, and proved their effectiveness as cost effective reinforcing agents in fabrication of high performance composites. This study, is a new attempt in using the Iraqi natural bauxite powder with different proportions (2wt%, 4wt%, an...

Each year, more than 25 percent of highway fatalities in the United States occur at or near horizontal curves, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). In an attempt to save lives and prevent injuries, some 30 states across the U.S. are applying high friction surfaces (HFS) to improve skid resistance at locations with a high incident of vehicle crashes such as severe horizontal c...

Lithium is one of the secondary mineral elements occurring in bauxite. The behavior lithium-bearing bauxite digestion process was investigated, and effect conditions on extraction rates lithium studied. results demonstrate that mass ratio added CaO to bauxite, KOH concentration, temperature had a significant efficiency. An L9(34) orthogonal experiment demonstrated order each factor for from pri...

Cenozoic world-class bauxite deposits developed on sedimentary sequences of the Parnaíba and Amazon Basins. The Décio pilot mine, excavated in Rondon do Pará deposit, exposes a 3 m thick bauxite-bearing lateritic profile top 350 high plateau. From base to top, this is composed clayey bauxite; porous microcrystalline spherulitic ferro-aluminous duricrust, fragmentary top; as well loose spherulit...