The Conceição mine, which is located in the Itabira district, southern São Francisco craton, is a rare example of gold and palladium mineralization hosted by jacutinga, an altered Lake Superior-type iron-formation. The mine sequence consists of three metamorphosed lithostratigraphic units, which are from the oldest to the youngest: (1) an Archean volcanosedimentary sequence, (2) a Paleoproteroz...

Hematite fines were found to form aggregates with magnetite ~des in the same slurry, without the help of any flocculants. Because of this aggregation. fine iron ores containing hematite and -anetile can be successfully concentrated by multi-stage deslimings. ~ that the ore is finely ground and silicate gangues properly ~rsed. The effectiveness of this technique has been tested on a UMIIIIIercia...

Fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) is widely used as a substrate in the synthesis of a photo-reactive semiconductor electrode for solar water splitting. The hematite film on the surface of the FTO substrate annealed at 700 °C showed an enhanced photocurrent value with a maximum photocurrent of 0.39 mA cm(-2) at 1.23 V vs. RHE under 1 sun illumination. This is a much enhanced photocurrent value of t...

The recovery of fine hematite particles from banded hematite quartzite (BHQ) ore with potato starch has been investigated using selective flocculation. Microscopic features, coupled with x-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic data provide evidences for adsorption of starch molecules on hematite surface. The starch molecules show good selectivity for hemati...

To investigate the acquisition mechanism of high and stable natural remanent magnetization (NRM) in rocks of the Russell Belt, Adirondack Mountains, New York, we examined the exsolution microstructures and compositions of magnetic minerals using three samples with different magnetic properties. The samples contain titanohematite with ilmenite lamellae, end-member hematite without lamellae and r...

Objective: To fabricate a lightweight, breathable, comfortable, and able to contour the curvilinear body shape, electrodes built on flexible substrate are significant growth in wearable health monitoring. This research aims create GNP/FE electrode-based EEG signal acquisition system that is both efficient inexpensive. Methodology: Three distinct electrode concentrations were developed for acqui...

Hematite (a-Fe2O3) has emerged as a promising material for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting thanks to its abundance, stability in an aqueous environment, favorable optical bandgap and position of the electronic valence band. Nevertheless, its performance as a photoanode is considerably lower than what is theoretically achievable. In particular, the high electrochemical potential usual...

The effect of zinc on the biological reduction of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) by the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium (DMRB) Shewanella putrefaciens CN32 was studied in the presence of four natural organic materials (NOMs). Experiments were performed under non-growth conditions with H2 as the electron donor and zinc inhibition was quantified as the decrease in the 5 d extent of hematite biored...

The effects of natural organic matter (NOM), ferrozine, and AQDS (anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate) on the reduction of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) by Shewanella putrefaciens CN32 were studied. It has been proposed that NOM enhances the reduction of Fe(III) by means of electron shuttling or by Fe(II) complexation. Previously both mechanisms were studied separately using "functional analogues" (AQDS for...

In this research, two different carbonaceous materials (Graphite:G and Petrocoke:P) were separately compared in terms of the carbothermic reduction of hematite and anatase in order to synthesize Fe-TiC nanocrystalline composite by mechanically activated sintering method. Powders were activated in a planetary high-energy ball mill under argon atmosphere for 0, 2, 5, ...