As a fundamental property of pressure-induced amorphization (PIA) in ice and ice-like materials (notably α-quartz), the occurrence of mechanical instability can be related to violation of Born criteria for elasticity. The most outstanding elastic feature of α-quartz before PIA has been experimentally reported to be the linear softening of shear modulus C44, which was proposed to trigger the tra...

In order to determine the contribution of aquatic macrophyte communities on nutrition to sustain the high primary productivity of an estuary aquatic community, we analyzed the process of phosphorus release from sediments in aquatic macrophyte community in the estuary of the Chikugogawa River, South-Western Japan. Vertical profile of 4 PO  concentration and redox potential (Eh) of pore water in...

Abstract. Phosphorus in the environment is mostly bound with iron, magnesium, calcium, and aluminum (Fe, Mg, Ca, and Al, respectively). This study aimed to determine both spectral signatures of Fe, Mg, Ca, and Al associated phosphates and analyze their spectra with soil samples. Obtaining most common spectra of the phosphates and their spectral signatures within a soil sample can be used for de...

Abstract. Elfiati D, Delvian, Hanum H, Susilowati A, Rachmat HH. 2021. Potential of phosphate solubilizing fungi isolated from peat soils as inoculant biofertilizer. Biodiversitas 22: 3042-3048. Phosphate-solubilizing are the microbes that have ability to dissolve insoluble and made it available for plants. Therefore, purpose this study was obtain phosphate-solubilizing soils. Peat soil samples...

– X-ray diffraction (XRD) experiments have been carried out on quartz-like α−GaPO4 at high pressure and room temperature. A transition to a high pressure disordered crystalline form occurs at 13.5 GPa. Slight heating using a YAG infrared laser was applied at 17 GPa in order to crystallize the phase in its stability field. The structure of this phase is orthorhombic with space group Cmcm. The ce...