The paper provides results of a detailed mineralogical study some chromitite ores from two deposits in the Southern Urals Kazakhstan: Almaz-Zhemchuzhina and Geofizicheskoe-VII. It is revealed that main ore minerals are Cr-spinel with high Cr# (Cr/(Cr + Al) = 0.8–0.83), as well serpentine chlorite, replacing primary olivine. Chromium spinel grains contain mineral inclusions, which distributed ra...

The production of ferrochrome alloy from chromium bearing chromite ores is conducted at high temperature under highly reducing conditions. However, albeit completely unintended, it is impossible to completely exclude oxygen from all high temperature process steps, with the corresponding possibility arising for the generation of small amounts of Cr(VI) species. Certain Cr(VI) species are regarde...

Investigations were carried out to isolate microbial strains from soil, mud and water samples from metallurgically polluted environment for bioremediation of toxic heavy metals. As a result of primary and secondary screening various 72 acidothermophilic autotrophic microbes were isolated and adapted for metal tolerance and biosorption potentiality. The multi-metal tolerance was developed with h...

Recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after electrical cardioversion (ECV) is increased in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). In patients with persistent AF, with (n=40) and without (n=32) obstructive respiratory events (OREs) during sedation for ECV, we determined the occurrence of premature atrial contractions (PACs) before and after insertion of a nasopharyngeal tube. The influen...

This study reports major, minor, and trace element data and Sr isotope ratios for 11 uranium ore (uraninite, UO2þx) samples and one processed uranium ore concentrate (UOC) from various U.S. deposits. The uraninite investigated represent ores formed via different modes of mineralization (e.g., highand lowtemperature) and within various geological contexts, which include magmatic pegmatites, meta...

Flotation is, doubtless, the most important process among the various techniques used for the treatment of ore. This generalpurpose technique allows the treatment of several complex ores (lead zinc, copper zinc), sulphides (copper, lead, and zinc), oxides (hematite, quartz), oxidized minerals (malachite, cerusite) and even non-metal ores (fluorite, phosphate, coal). Due to the flotation, it is ...

Chromium concentrations in seawater are less than 0.5 ?g/L, but the Cr(VI) contaminated coastal groundwater affected by Cr-bearing rocks/ores and/or human activities, coupled with intrusion of may reach values hundreds ?g/L. A potential explanation for stability harmful aquifers is still unexplored. The present study an overview new and literature data on composition seawater, aiming to provide...

Face recognition, holistic processing, and processing of configural and featural facial information are known to be influenced by face race, with better performance for own- than other-race faces. However, whether these various other-race effects (OREs) arise from the same underlying mechanisms or from different processes remains unclear. The present study addressed this question by measuring t...

This work studies the potential release of Cr from solids to surface water and groundwater, related isotopic compositions, in a nickel laterite ore deposit Barro Alto Brazil (in State Goiás). ultramafic system is characterized by elevated concentrations chromium (Cr). Even largely immobile may be naturally leached weathering profiles such as groundwater. exploited for metal production, both min...