Ammonium sulfate double salt crystals (ASDSCs) are a by-product formed during the electrolytic production of manganese. The long-term open-air stacking of ASDSCs leads to the manganese and ammonia nitrogen present inside leaching with rainwater, whic...
Shotcrete used in underground structures like tunnels is susceptible to sulfate and chloride erosion. In order to systematically study the deterioration law and mechanism of the durability of high-performance shotcrete under a salt erosion environmen...
DNA origami technology enables the folding of DNA strands into complex nanoscale shapes whose properties and interactions with molecular species often deviate significantly from that of genomic DNA. Here, we investigate the salting-out of different D...
Magnesium sulfate has been widely detected on the surface of Mars. The occurrence of magnesium sulfate and mixed cationic sulfates preserves clues regarding the sedimentary environment, hydrological processes, and climate history of ancient Mars. In...
Soil salinity is a well-known abiotic factor affecting the germination and seedling growth of various plant species. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of different chloride salts (NaCl, KCl and MgCl2) and sulfate salts (Na2SO4, K2SO4 and MgSO4) on...
Excess-sulfate phosphogypsum slag cement (EPSC), offering the potential for large-scale phosphogypsum (PG) utilization, has drawn significant attention. However, its susceptibility to salt erosion in marine/saline environments remains unquantified, h...
Combining three features—the high affinity of squaramides toward anions, cooperation in ion pair binding and preorganization of the binding domains in the tripodal platform—led to the effective receptor 2. The lack of at least one of these key elemen...
This study investigates the uniaxial tensile behavior of high-strength engineered cementitious composites (HS-ECCs) in sulfate erosion environments. Five different sulfate erosion ages were established (0 days, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, and 120 days...
Cement-stabilized macadam often shows salt expansion deformation under the action of a sulfate attack, and its pore structure determines its ability to accommodate this deformation. In this paper, the influence of the pore structure of cement-stabili...
This work focuses on the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs = La, Ce, Nd, Pr) from spent nickel–metal hydride batteries by hydrometallurgical processing. The REEs were precipitated in the form of sodium-lanthanide double sulfate salts by add...
The search for efficient waste source precursors for geopolymer production is active in scientific society. The feasibility of using calcined kaolin clay and fly ash as suitable precursors for the production of geopolymers is widely described and ack...
Large amounts of soluble salts in a soil enhance the soil sensitivity to changes in its properties induced by changes in environmental conditions, such as easy dissolution in water and easy occurrences of salt heaving in low-temperature environments,...
Secondary jarosite and water-soluble iron-sulfate minerals control the composition of acid mine waters formed by the oxidation of sulfide in tailings impoundments at the (Zn-Pb-Ag) Pan de Azúcar mine located in the Pozuelos Lagoon Basin (semi-arid cl...
Zinc sulfate is a known olfactory toxicant, although its specific effects on the olfactory epithelium of zebrafish are unknown. Olfactory organs of adult zebrafish were exposed to zinc sulfate and, after 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 or 14 days, fish were processed...
The deposition of polyelectrolyte (PEL) multilayers (PEMs) of poly(l-lysine)/cellulose sulfate (PLL/CS) onto germanium (Ge) substrates depending on salt concentration (cS) and deposition step z at constant PEL concentration cPEL = 0.01 M and pH = 7.0...
To address the engineering challenge of durability deterioration in concrete structures in the cold and saline regions in northern China, this study investigated PVA fiber-reinforced concrete under combined sulfate attack and freeze–thaw cycles...
Selenium (Se) plays several significant roles in regulating growth, development and plant responses to various abiotic stresses. However, its influence on sulfate transporters (SULTRS) and achieving the harmony with other salt-tolerance features is s...
In order to visually display the migration and crystallization process of salt solution in porous cultural relics, copper sulfate solution with color rendering property was selected to record the migration, crystallization and resolution of salt solu...
Hydrogels, possessing high biocompatibility and adaptability to biological tissue, show great usability in medical applications. In this research, a series of novel cross-linked chitosan quaternary ammonium salt loading with gentamicin sulfate (CTMCS...
This paper provides new insights into the geochemical cycling of rare earth elements (REEs) in acid sulfate soils developed on salt marsh sediments of the Huelva estuary (Spain) as a result of sulfide mineral oxidation in abandoned ore stockpiles. Th...
Soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) was obtained from simulated soybean whey wastewater through a sustainable method consisting of isoelectric precipitation, ammonium sulfate salting out, and gel filtration chromatography, and the effect of temperature,...
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is progressively rising each year, emphasizing the significance of implementing rational dietary interventions for disease prevention. Oats, being a staple agricultural product, are abundant in prote...
The behavior of historic tempera paints exposed to pollutant gases is an important issue when developing conservation strategies. In this work, binary tempera paint mock-ups that were made with either smalt or lapis lazuli pigments mixed with either...
This research examines the influence of ammonium (NH4+) impurities on the kinetic behavior, activation energy, crystal structure, morphology, and purity of cobalt sulfate hexahydrate using the cooling crystallization method. Characterization results...
Four new hybrid inorganic–organic salts of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane N,N’-dioxide (odabco) with the formulae odabco·2HNO3 (1), odabco·HClO4 (2), odabco·H2SO4 (3) and odabco·2H2SO4 (4) were synthesized and c...
Avoidance of intensive rice cultivation (IRC) and soil amendments are potential practices to enhance soil properties. There is only limited information on the effects of reduced IRC and its mixture with compost or silicate fertilizer (Si) on the soil...
The durability of geopolymer concrete containing Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) and Rice Husk Ash (RHA), along with Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA), was investigated. Six different LWGPC mixtures were made with NaOH molarities...
Sulfated polysaccharides produced by microalgae, which are known to exhibit various biological activities, may potentially serve as natural antioxidant sources. To date, only a few studies have examined the antioxidant bioactivity of red microalgal p...
Exopolysaccharide produced by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum-12 (LPEPS) exhibited the anti-proliferating effect on human colon cancer cell line HT-29 in vitro. The purpose of the study was to determine the alleviating effects of LPEPS on colon cancer...
This article investigates the thermodynamic driving force of the interaction between lysozyme (Lys) and sulfated β-cyclodextrin (β-CDS), with a particular emphasis on the elusive role of hydration during polyelectrolyte–protein bindin...
An ion chromatography technique with conductivity detection was selected as an analytical tool for the simultaneous indirect determination of sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate via their respective cations. The method was develo...
Negative effects of salt stress may be counteracted by adequate management of sulfated nutrition. Herein, we applied 3.50, 4.25, and 5.00 mM SO42− in a nutrient solution to counteract salt stress induced by 75 and 150 mM NaCl in cabbage cv. Roy...
Physical salt attack (PSA) is one of the dominant durability issues of cement-based materials, where salt crystallization pressure is the driving force inducing damage. However, research on the temperature-related deterioration behavior of cement-bas...
Background: Crystalline glucosamine sulfate (cGS) claims to be a stabilized form of glucosamine sulfate with a defined crystalline structure intended to enhance chemical stability. It is proposed to offer pharmacokinetic advantages over regular gluco...
The concentric layers of ooids from the modern environment are mostly aragonite and those from the ancient are mostly calcite and Mg-calcite. Dolomitic ooids are rare and are usually formed via the replacement of aragonite or calcite. Here, dolomitic...
Modeling of thermodynamic properties, like heat capacities for stoichiometric solids, includes the treatment of different sources of data which may be inconsistent and diverse. In this work, an approach based on the covariance matrix adaptation evolu...
The unregulated consumption of corticosteroids causes significant adverse effects on human health. Therefore, it is important to develop methodologies that allow their analysis in pharmaceutical matrices with competitive analysis times and costs. The...
Bacterial communities from three different sampling sites of a copper mine tunnel were characterized by 16S rRNA sequencing (NGS). A high presence of halophilic bacteria was confirmed by comparison with literature data and with reference samples from...
Molten salt is usually used as the energy storage medium for solar energy heat storage pipes, and 40wt% K2SO4 + 60wt% MgSO4 is very suitable for use as a heat storage material for solar thermal power generation in tower and butterfly parabolic system...
The surface-wind speed influences on aerosol optical depth (AOD), derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua daily observations over the central North Pacific during the period 2003–2016, have been investigated in thi...
Particulate aluminum salts have long occupied a central place worldwide as inexpensive immunostimulatory adjuvants that enable induction of protective immunity for vaccines. Despite their huge benefits and safety, the particulate structures of alumin...
We assess the 40-year climatological clear-sky global direct radiative effect (DRE) of five main aerosol types using the MERRA-2 reanalysis and a spectral radiative transfer model (FORTH). The study takes advantage of aerosol-speciated, spectrally an...
Efforts have been underway worldwide to reintroduce seawater to many historically diked salt marshes for restoration of tidal flow and associated estuarine habitat. Seawater restoration to a diked Cape Cod marsh was simulated using the computer progr...
Small bifunctional molecules are attractive for use as models in different areas of knowledge. How can their functional groups interact in solids? This is important to know for the prediction of the physical and chemical properties of the materials b...
Structures of some hydrogenated products and intermediates, prepared by a heterogeneous Pd/C or Ru/C catalyst starting from 4-pyridinecarbonitrile (4PN), in water and in the presence of an acidic additive (HCl or H2SO4), were confirmed in various sal...
Improving saline soils’ properties by incorporating limes is a practical technique, generally due to cation exchange, pozzolanic reaction, and carbonation. This study explores how soil salinity, measured by electrical conductivity, affects untr...
Changes induced by climate change in salt weathering of built cultural heritage are estimated in different ways, but generally as a function of phase changes phenomena of two common salts, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. We propose to use not onl...
Using high-precision CT scanning equipment, two series of tests on frost and salt weathering were conducted to investigate the characteristics of pore change in tuff. Experiments on frost and salt aging were performed with pieces of tuff from the sam...
The selective precipitation of rare earth elements (REEs) in acidic media often plays a key role in the effective extraction of these elements from various sources such as ores and recycling streams. In this study, the precipitation characteristics o...
Families of symmetric, ionic, tetracatenar mesogens are described based on a rigid, N-phenylpyridinium core, prepared as their triflimide, octyl sulfate and dodecyl sulfate salts for a range of terminal chain lengths. The mesomorphism of the individu...
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