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Minerals, Volume 12, Issue 3

March 2022 - 114 articles

Cover Story: Plant species belonging to the Asteraceae family are known for their ability to bioremediate heavy metal polluted soils. This research has demonstrated the ability of the species Silphium perfoliatum (Asteraceae) to phytoremediate polluted soil with Cu, Zn, Cr, and Pb from a former mining area. High values of absorption, bioaccumulation factor, translocation factors, and removal efficiency have been determined. The values of these parameters were differentiated according to the soil concentrations, type of metal, organ, and plant development. The highest values were recorded in polluted soil, in the order of Zn > Cu > Pb > Cr, in lamina, and in the eight leaves stage. Hence S. perfoliatum is one such species, with high ecological plasticity, with demonstrated removal efficiency, which could be successfully used in phytoremediation programs of heavy metal polluted areas. View this paper
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Articles (114)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,798 Views
18 Pages

The Problem of the Formation of Boehmite and Gibbsite in Bauxite-Bearing Lateritic Profiles

  • Vladimir Mamedov,
  • Natalia Boeva,
  • Marina Makarova,
  • Elena Shipilova and
  • Philimon Melnikov

21 March 2022

The study of a large amount of factual material about the formation conditions of gibbsite or boehmite and their mutual transformations in lateritic bauxites allowed us to solve the problem of boehmite formation and its spatial and genetic relationsh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,926 Views
18 Pages

21 March 2022

The Sanjiang Indosinian orogen, located in the eastern part of the Paleo-Tethys tectonic domain, is a critical region to study the Paleo-Tethyan Ocean evolution. Middle Permian–Late Triassic magmatic rocks are widespread in the Deqin–Weix...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,004 Views
13 Pages

Atomic Model of Gold Adsorption onto the Pyrite Surface with DFT Study

  • Chunlin Liu,
  • Yongbing Li,
  • Qi Cheng and
  • Yang Zhao

21 March 2022

Adsorption mineralization of gold is an important mineralization mechanism under epigenetic and low temperature conditions. In this paper, a plane-wave pseudopotential method based on density functional theory (DFT) is used to explore the adsorption...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,940 Views
13 Pages

Study of Synthetic Titania Slags Demonstrating Characteristics Similar to High Titania Ilmenite Slag

  • Avishek Kumar Gupta,
  • Matti Aula,
  • Harisankar Sreenivasan,
  • Pasi Mäkelä,
  • Marko Huttula and
  • Timo Fabritius

20 March 2022

The upgradation of the ilmenite ore, using a pyrometallurgy method, is performed using a carbothermic reduction of the ilmenite. A high titania slag is obtained which is used as a feedstock for the TiO2 pigment production. The slag is cooled after ta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,303 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Urbanization on Groundwater Chemistry at Lanzhou Valley Basin in China

  • Xiaoli Lü,
  • Zhantao Han,
  • Haijun Li,
  • Yuejun Zheng and
  • Jingtao Liu

20 March 2022

With the rapid development of the economy, urbanization and industrialization gradually become an important driving force of groundwater chemical evolution. In this study, Lanzhou City, which is one of the biggest industrial cities in northwest China...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,757 Views
19 Pages

19 March 2022

A comprehensive recovery process for the selective separation and enrichment of copper, zinc and iron minerals from a polymetallic ore was developed, which consisted of copper flotation, zinc flotation, and iron magnetic separation, and the adsorptio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,414 Views
30 Pages

19 March 2022

The Tianshui-Sunjiaxia area is located in the connection zone of West Qinling Orogen and North Qilian Orogen, which could provide great insights into the amalgamation processes between the northern and southern blocks of China. Three subduction- and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,819 Views
18 Pages

19 March 2022

Iron ore tailings are mainly composed of SiO2 and iron, whose content determines the potential reuse strategy of the tailings. Compared with the traditional wet chemistry approach, spectroscopy has proven its superior effectiveness in characterizing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,145 Views
23 Pages

19 March 2022

The so-called iron boomerang is constructed by using a combination of spectral metrics derived from the 900 nm 6A1→4T1 Fe3+ crystal field absorption. Previous work showed the iron boomerang provides qualitative information about the mineralogica...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,809 Views
24 Pages

19 March 2022

In large coal preparation plants with a capacity of 30 million tons/year, the belt speed can reach 7 m/s and the thickness of the material layer can reach 500 mm. Therefore, in high-throughput and complex environments, the problem exists that harmful...

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