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Minerals, Volume 13, Issue 2

February 2023 - 168 articles

Cover Story: Spodumene production generates a high volume of industrial by-products such as spodumene tailings, which occupied a lot of land for storage. This study focuses on using tailings to prepare phosphoric acid-activated metakaolin geopolymer. The compressive strength of geopolymer mortar was significantly improved with SFT as aggregates. In addition, the mechanical properties could also be enhanced by an increased concentration of phosphoric acid (H3PO4) solution or a decreased aggregate particle size. On the other hand, the properties of the geopolymer mortar could also be affected by the morphology of the aggregates. The major chemical structural units of geopolymer mortar were -P-O-Al- and AlPO4, which could be spontaneously generated according to the thermodynamic calculation results. View this paper
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Articles (168)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,257 Views
16 Pages

Trace Elements in Pyrite and Its Crystallization Temperature: An Example of Gold Deposits in the Darasun Goldfield, Eastern Transbaikalia, Russia

  • Vsevolod Prokofiev,
  • Valeriya Brovchenko,
  • Lidiya Zorina,
  • Anton Krasnov,
  • Vera Abramova and
  • Nikolay Bortnikov

18 February 2023

The distributions of trace elements in pyrite were studied in samples of high-grade gold ores from the Talatui, Teremkyn, and Darasun deposits. The paper presents LA-ICP-MS data on concentrations of trace elements in pyrite in gold ores from mineral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,882 Views
13 Pages

IoT-Enabled Wearable Fatigue-Tracking System for Mine Operators

  • W. Pratt Rogers,
  • Joao Marques,
  • Elaheh Talebi and
  • Frank A. Drews

18 February 2023

This study explores the possibility of investigating operator fatigue via the use of off-the-shelf wearable devices and custom applications. Fatigue is a complex biological phenomenon, and both subjective and objective data are needed to assess it pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,759 Views
10 Pages

18 February 2023

Bohuslavite, Fe3+4(PO4)3(SO4)(OH)(H2O)10·nH2O, was first described from the Buca della Vena mine (Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy) and from the Horní Město deposit (northern Moravia, Czech Republic). Its full characterization was a diff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,756 Views
12 Pages

17 February 2023

With the development trend and technological progress of lithium batteries, the battery market is booming, which means that the consumption demand for lithium batteries has increased significantly, and, therefore, a large number of discarded lithium...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,933 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2023

Köprüağzı evaporites mainly consist of primary (selenite and gypsarenite) and secondary (massive, laminated and satin-spar) gypsum lithofacies, as well as minor anhydrite, and are interbedded with clastic and carbonate units. Sedi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,119 Views
21 Pages

17 February 2023

This study aims to use natural carbonated Tunisian clay as an aluminosilicate precursor for the elaboration of phosphate-based geopolymers, which yields to the valorization of this common material in Tunisia. In addition, the presence of calcium carb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,469 Views
22 Pages

17 February 2023

The development of an effective and profitable exploration and production depends heavily on the quality of the reservoir. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate the reservoir quality of the Neogene Surma Group at the Srikail Gas Field, which...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,160 Views
19 Pages

17 February 2023

The permeability of the fluid-bearing rock is an important parameter for reservoir prediction. The Kozeny-Carman (K-C) formulation based on electrical measurements effectively characterizes the permeability-resistivity relationship of rocks with a si...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,186 Views
10 Pages

16 February 2023

The fate of chemical pollutants in the environment is determined by various factors including the type and strength of their interactions with reactive surfaces in soils and sediments. In the present work the interactions of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,864 Views
26 Pages

16 February 2023

There are many celestine deposits and mineralization points in the Huayingshan ore district which form the largest strontium resource base in China. Among these celestine deposits, the Yuxia and Xinglong are two of the larger deposits. Previous studi...

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