The current work has been undertaken to see the effect of Gr/Sn as a solid lubricant for development hybrid aluminum metal matrix composite (HAMCs). HAMCs were fabricated by reinforcing 10 wt% (sillimanite + ilmenite) minerals with or without 1 Sn/Gr/both via stir casting technique. Optical microscopy revealed homogenous distribution reinforced particles refinement silicon. Vicker hardness show...

Abstract Ilmenite FeTiO 3 is a wide-band gap antiferromagnetic semiconductor material and has very potential for applications in spintronic devices. Miniaturization of microelectronics communication systems become necessity. Thus that can achieve high properties small volume therefore favourite. For reason, particles the materials must also be nanoscale. This paper reports synthesis nano-sized ...

0883-2927/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.09.010 ⇑ Corresponding author. Fax: +1 819 797 4727. E-mail address: [email protected] (B. Plante). Sorption phenomena are known to play significant roles in metal mobility in mine drainage waters. The present study focuses on sorption phenomena controlling Ni concentrations in contaminated neutral drainage issue...

[1] Paleomagnetic studies of the 91 Ma Ecstall pluton and other Cretaceous plutons of British Columbia imply large northward tectonic movements (>2000 km) may have occurred during the tectonic evolution of western North America. However, more recent studies have shown that the eastern edge of the Ecstall pluton experienced considerable mineralogical changes as younger Eocene plutons, such as th...

Ilmenites from alkaline basic dykes in the Gardar province, south Greenland have Zr contents up to 3850ppm and Nb contents up to 1030ppm. These elements substitute for Ti in the octahedral site. These are amongst the highest recorded Zr and Nb contents for ilmenites, giving distribution coefficients (Kd ilmeniteJmatrix) for Zr up to 11.6 and Nb up to 70.3. Fractionation of ilmenite may thus hav...

Introduction: Research into the origin of color of common varieties of quartz has shown that many longheld beliefs regarding the origin of the colored varieties are incorrect. In particular, the widely stated role of rutile inclusions in the coloration of rose and blue quartz must now be re-evaluated on the basis of new studies. Rose Quartz: Spectroscopic studies have shown that the color of ro...

Biotite, the dominant ferromagnesian mineral in granitoid rocks, can be used to discriminate tectonic setting, magma types and magnetite- ilmenite series. In this study, we analyzed biotite with an electron microprobe (wavelength dispersion) from different granitoids. Intrusive rocks from Maherabad porphyry Cu-Au prospecting are meta-aluminous. Biotite from Maherabad are Mg-rich type and the ra...

Ilmenite is a valuable industrial mineral containing Fe and Ti elements. Two composites with different morphology and composition were produced using the reaction of synthesized ilmenite and aluminum. The molar ratios of 1:2 and 1:8 were selected. The critical temperatures of each molar ratio were determined using the Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA). The heat treatment of the systems ...