The trend in the industry T H E MINERAL-PROCESSING INDUSTRY is , and will remain, very sensitive to the metal market, which in turn is very dependent on the use of metals for the improvement of lifestyle in developing and developed countries. An assumption is made that the weapons industry will have a reduced effect in the future on the use of metals, and therefore on prices. The cost of metal ...

The thiosemicarbazone of 9-anthraldehyde, (9-ATSC) and its group 12 metal complexes have been synthesized. The four compounds have been characterized by IR, electronic and NMR spectrometries, molar conductivity, melting points and elemental analysis. In all the complexes, the 9-ATSC coordinates through the sulfur and the azomethinic nitrogen. The zinc (II) complex shows a 1:2 metal to ligand st...

The imidazole-Ag(I)-imidazole base pair is one of the best-investigated artificial metal-mediated base pairs. We show here that its stability can be further improved by formally replacing the imidazole moiety by a 2-methylimidazole or 4-methylimidazole moiety. A comparison of the thermal stability of several double helices shows that the addition of one equivalent of Ag(I) leads to a 50% larger...