What is the optimal cutoff surface for ore bodies with more than one mineral?

In mine planning problems, cutoff grade optimization defines a threshold at every time period such that material above this value is processed, and the rest is considered waste. In orebodies with multiple minerals, which occur in practice, the natural extension is to consider a cutoff surface. We show that in two dimensions the optimal solution is a line, and in n dimensions it is a hyperplane.     

海拉尔盆地地层水特征与粘土矿物转化和赋存的关系

海拉尔盆地地质条件及其复杂,开发难度大,本文将油藏地球化学中地层水研究与粘土矿物成岩转化研究相结合,指出了地层水特征与空隙中粘土矿物及其他矿物成岩转化和赋存的某种相关性,对储集层地质学研究很有助益,对勘探开发一体化研究提供了该方面重要的科研依据。     

喀斯特粘土矿物的稀土元素实验研究

本文报道对喀斯特粘土矿物进行稀土元素水解实验、解析实验、人工吸附实验的研究结果，目的在于探讨粘土矿物对离子型稀土元素最佳吸附的ＰＨ值环境。     

Hydrogels in aqueous phases of polyvinylalcohol (PVA), surfactants and clay minerals

Aqueous solutions of synthetic clay minerals have been studied in the presence of surfactants and water-soluble polyvinylalcohol (PVA). The PVAs (PVA 1, PVA 2) had a molecular weight of about 10⁵ Dalton and a degree of hydrolysis of 82%. The PVA-samples were surface active and lowered the surface tension to 43 mN/m. As a consequence of their amphiphilic nature the PVA molecules bind strongly to clay mineral particles. On saturation the clay mineral particles adsorb the fivefold weight of PVA of their own weight. It is concluded that the thickness of the adsorbed layers on both sides of the clay mineral is in the range of the hydrodynamic diameter of the PVA-coils in the bulk phase.When the clay mineral particles are not saturated with PVA, they act as cross-linking agents for the PVA. The whole systems are physically cross-linked and assume gel-like properties. Rheological measurements show that samples behave like soft matter with a yield stress value. All of them have a frequency independent storage modulus which is an order of magnitude larger than the loss modulus. The hydrogels become stronger as PVA concentration increases.Small amounts of cationic surfactants bind on the clay mineral. The interface of the clay mineral becomes more hydrophobic and the binding of the PVA on the clay mineral is strengthened. With rising concentration of the surfactant the surfactant molecules bind on PVA and the PVA becomes hydrophilic. As a consequence the PVA can no longer bind on the clay mineral and the gels transform to viscous and turbid solutions. Small amounts of cationic surfactants therefore stiffen the hydrogels while larger amounts cause phase separation and a solution with low viscosity. Anionic surfactants like SDS do not bind on the clay mineral, but strongly on the PVA. With increasing SDS concentration, the hydrogels become stiffer at first but thereafter they break and transform to viscous fluids.In PVA-solutions without the clay minerals both cationic and anionic surfactants bind to the PVAs in the aqueous solution. With increasing concentration of surfactant, the viscosities of the solutions pass over a maximum. In this respect the PVAs behave like hydrophobically modified water soluble polymers. The surfactants bind to the hydrophobic microdomain and thereby crosslink the polymer molecules. On saturation the polyvinyl alcohol with anionic surfactant become hydrophilic and the network character disappears to a certain extent.     

Crystal structure of the synthetic analog of radtkeite Hg<Subscript>3</Subscript>S<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cl<Subscript>1.00</Subscript>I<Subscript>1.00</Subscript>

The results of structural studies of the synthetic analog of the radtkeite mineral Hg₃S₂Cl_1.00I_1.00 are analyzed. The crystal structure of the compound has been refined; the unit cell parameters are a _m = 16.827(4) , b _m = 9.117(1) , c _m = 13.165(5) , = 130.17(2)°, V = 1543.3(8) ³, space group C2/m, Z = 8, R = 0.0527. A possible transition a ₀ = a _m; b ₀ = a _m + 2c _m; c ₀ = –b _m to the pseudo-orthorhombic F cell previously determined for radtkeite, where one of the angles ( ₀ ) is slightly different from 90° (89.55°), has been found. Each sulfur atom in the structure is bonded to three mercury atoms, forming SHg₃ umbrellas with distances 2.240(6) –2.474(8) and angles HgSHg 94.7(2)°–102.9(2)°. The SHg₃ fragments are linked through Hg vertices to form corrugated [Hg₁₂S₈] layers. The halogen atoms lie inside and between the [Hg₁₂S₈] layers; the distances are Hg-Cl and Hg-I 2.783(7) , 2.961(7) , and 3.083(4) –3.311(3) , respectively.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by N. V. Pervukhina, S. V. Borisov, S. A. Magarill, D. Yu. Naumov, V. I. Vasiliev, and B. G. NenashevTranslated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 755–758, July–August, 2004.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

The effect of the exchangeable metallic cation on the colloid properties of laponite treated with acridine orangea spectrophotometric study

The adsorption of the cationic dye acridine orange (AO) by different monoionic laponites leads to changes in the colloid properties of this synthetic mineral in aqueous solutions. The organic cation is adsorbed by the mechanism of cation exchange. Small amounts of adsorbed dye keep the clay in a peptized state with all metallic cations. Greater amounts of AO result in the neutralization of the electric charge of the clay, and its flocculation. In excess AO the charge of the clay platelets becomes positive and the clay is peptized. The colloid properties are studied by absorbance curves in which the absorbance is described as a function of the degree of saturation with constant clay concentrations or with constant dye concentrations. In the absorbance curves three regions can be identified. The transition between the first and second or the second and third regions depend on the exchangeable metallic cation initially present in the clay. The spectrophotometric method is useful in identifying the presence of tactoids and flocculation mechanism, whether it results in card-house or in book-house flocs.     

[Hg3]4+ Cation in Inorganic Crystal Structures

The crystal-chemical structure of the minerals and inorganic compounds kuznetsovite [Hg₃](AsO₄)Cl and terlinguaite [Hg₃][HgO₂]Cl₂, as well as [Hg₃]₃(AsO₄)₄ and [Hg₃]₂[HgO₂](PO₂ and their analogs, is considered from the viewpoint of the packing of large supramolecular atomic groups. The cationic layer of polyhedra around the large [Hg₃]⁴⁺ cations, alternating with the anionic layer of [HgO₂]^2-, (AsO₄)^3-, (PO₄)^3-, Cl^-, plays the major role in structure formation. Segregation of mercury cations of different valences possibly reflects the solid-state transformations occurring in nature and accompanied by mercury liberation.     

几种非金属矿物对硫化氢吸附性能的研究

某些非金属矿物具有吸附性[1 5]。本文测试了硅藻土、浮岩、沸石和麦饭石等非金属矿物的主要理化性能,研究了上述矿物在不同条件下对硫化氢的吸附性能,探讨了吸附剂粒度、用量、吸附时间和温度对吸附率的影响及吸附机理。在适当的条件下,各种材料对硫化氢的吸附率均能达到90%;吸附能力依次为硅藻土>麦饭石>沸石>浮岩。1　实验部分1 1　材料和试剂采集原矿标本硅藻土(抚松露水河)、浮岩(长白山天池)、麦饭石(长白山遥林)、斜发沸石(长春市净月潭),经粗选、粉碎、制备成不同粒径的吸附剂。X荧光光谱仪(PW140/10型,荷兰)和等离子直读光谱…     

H-800高分辨透射电镜的开发及其在矿物研究中的应用

本文介绍了在H-800透射电镜上获取高分辨矿物晶格象和薄箔样本能谱定量分析的开发工作。用环氧树脂包埋方法和离子减薄技术,对非导体的地质样品可以制成很好的超薄样本,从而可以方便地在透射电镜上观察样品的内部超微结构和高分辨的矿物晶格象。为了采用“比例法”进行薄箔样本的x-光能谱定量分析,先用已知化学组成的矿物薄箔标样,对配在透射电镜上的能谱分析系统进行校正,求出各元素的k-系数。最后将上述方法用于对我国不同海区绿色自生矿物颗粒的研究。     

Adsorption studies of organosubstituted laminated silicates

The hysteresis of sorptive deformation of sorbents has been studied for the first time. Based on the results obtained, it is assumed that the deformation of sorbents could be the universal reason for the sorptive hysteresis.For Part 1, see Ref. 1.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1477–1479, August, 1995.