Examination of published procedures for the decomposition and subsequent analysis of chromite and chrome ores shows some to be unnecessarily complicated and time consuming. Others fail to yield consistent and reproducible results. Decomposition is rapidly and effectively accomplished using the peroxide frit technique of Rafter. Chromium may then be removed and determined volumetrically allowing...

Ten chromite ores from ophiolite complexes in SE Iran were analyzed mineralogically by XRD, chemically by XRF, and mineral chemistry by EPMA. The identified paragenesis of silicate minerals of chromite ores with the X-ray diffraction is pronounced differently. It consists of secondary phases formed as serpentine, Cr-containing chlorite (kaemmererite), chromic garnet (uarovite) with preserved pa...

Tuning oxygen mass transport properties at the nanoscale offers a promising approach for developing high performing energy materials. A number of strategies engineering interfaces with enhanced diffusivity and surface exchange have been proposed. However, origin magnitude such local effects remain largely undisclosed to date due lack direct measurement tools sufficient resolution. In this work,...

Binder Jetting is an Additive manufacturing (AM) technique in which binding liquid jetted on layers of powdered materials, selectively according to the Computer Aided Design (CAD) model form a 3D part. One applications binder jetting technology sand moulds for casting known as Rapid Sand Casting. Silica often used both Casting and traditional moulding due its good refractory properties coupled ...