The iron isotope composition of sedimentary pyrite has been proposed as a potential proxy to trace microbial metabolism and the redox evolution of the oceans. We demonstrate that Fe isotope fractionation accompanies abiotic pyrite formation in the absence of Fe(II) redox change. Combined fractionation factors between Fe(II)(aq), mackinawite, and pyrite permit the generation of pyrite with Fe is...

Worldwide estimate of acid sulfate soils is 12–14 million ha. In Malaysia, they occur mainly along the coastal plains of Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak. The soils are characterized by very low pH and high amounts of exchangeable Al, resulting from oxidation of pyrite when the soils are drained. This paper explains the transformation of pyrite when the soils undergo weathering due to drainage. ...

Pyrite mine waste was used as a non-toxic and natural catalyst for the activation of peroxydisulfate (PDS) peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to oxidize tetracycline (TTC), one most extensively antibiotics worldwide, in contaminated water. The results demonstrated that PMS activated more effectively than PDS by using pyrite. Scavenging experiments indicated both OH SO4− were main oxidative species pyrite/...

Au-Cu mineralization at Palai-Islica occurs as disseminations in massive silicified volcanic rocks and, more abundantly, in sulphide-bearing quartz veins. The major ore minerals in the deposit are pyrite ± chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena and there is a great variety of accessory minerals, including Au-Ag alloys and native gold. Pyrite, the most abundant sulphide, is closely associated with ...

Bacterial leaching is the extraction of metals from their ores using microorganisms. The most important player in the bioleaching process is. 4 Bacterial Attachment on Mineral Surfaces 200. 5 Microbial Diversity in Bioleaching Environments 200. Minerals are obtained using a leaching process.greater understanding of the mechanism of bacterial leaching of sulphide minerals. This latter process wh...

The hydrophilic flocculation of pyrite fines in aqueous suspensions with corn starch was studied by measuring particle size distribution, microscopy observation and micro-flotation. Furthermore, the interaction of corn starch with pyrite was investigated by determining the adsorption density and based on zeta potential measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) analysis in this wor...

The flotation and adsorption of a new polysaccharide konjac gum (KG) on pyrite and talc in the presence of pre-adsorbed potassium butyl xanthate (PBX) is investigated. The micro-flotation results show that KG is a quality depressant for talc and that conditioning the minerals initially with PBX before KG will increase the recovery difference between pyrite and talc. The results of artificially ...

Published data from pyrrhotine-vapour equilibrium experiments are used to make inferences concerning the high-temperature thermodynamic mixing properties of pyrrhotine. Darken's quadratic formalism provides the justification for plotting activity of sulphur data against ( l X ) 2, where X is used in Fel_x S to express the composition of non-stoichiometric pyrrhotine. Such plots show that the th...

Elemental mercury (Hg0) and selenium species (Se0 SeO2) are two typical unsolved pollutants in coal combustion flue gas due to their high volatility. The interactions between Hg0 play an important role the pollution control. Thus, co-adsorption of on pyrite surface was calculated based density functional theory (DFT), adsorption systematically investigated. Although there is a weak attraction S...

Nanomaterials are the leading edge to the rapidly developing nanotechnology. For the synthesis of nanomaterials over a wide range of chemical composition, the development of reliable and efficient methods is a challenging issue in nanotechnology. In context to this green synthesis of nanoparticles using biological systems, plant products and microorganisms are potentially considerable because o...