The paper describes a small full-scale plant based on the Gold-REC 1 process, designed and patented by University of L’Aquila; hydrometallurgical process allows treatment printed circuit boards (PCBs). first step is mechanical to reduce size scraps below 2 mm. extraction base metals occurs in reactor sulfuric acid/hydrogen peroxide solution. After filtration, solid leached again with thiourea f...

bioleaching processes for extraction of cu and mo from molybdenite cons. are more environmentally friendly and consume less energy than conventional technologies, yet less economically efficient. one necessary step towards arriving at a cost-effective bioleaching process is using appropriate methodology to optimize pertinent factors in such processes. to this end, the present study employed res...

Microbial metabolism is the engine that drives global biogeochemical cycles, yet many key transformations are carried out by microbial consortia over short spatiotemporal scales that elude detection by traditional analytical approaches. We investigate syntrophic sulfur cycling in the 'pink berry' consortia of the Sippewissett Salt Marsh through an integrative study at the microbial scale. The p...

The oxygen-labile, activating enzyme for iron protein from the photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum, was purified 11,800-fold using a combination of chromatophore washing, DE52-cellulose chromatography, hydroxylapatite chromatography, reactive red-120 cross-linked agarose chromatography, reactive red-120 cross-linked agarose chromatography, and Sephadex G-75 gel filtration. Activatin...

Studies to evaluate more than 100 compounds as inhibitors of urease activity in soils showed that dihydric phenols and quinones were the most effective organic compounds tested and that silver and mercury salts were the most effective inorganic compounds. When the most potent inhibitors were compared using 50 1'8 of inhibitor per g of soil, their effectiveness decreased in the order: catechol >...

Th is article examines the status of submersible reference electrodes and presents a new design concept for submersible copper/copper sulfate (Cu/CuSO4) electrodes (CSE). In the new concept, the half-cell potential is independent of the salinity (chlorinity) of the electrolyte, the electrode is not subject to contamination, and structure-to-electrolyte voltages do not require correction to the ...

Purpose: To prepare polystyrene nanofiber ion exchangers (PSNIE) with surface cation exchange functionality using a new method based on electrospinning and also to optimize crosslinking and sulfonation reactions to obtain PSNIE with maximum ion exchange capacity (IEC). Method: The nanofibers were prepared from 15% w/v polystyrene solution in dimethylacetamide (DMAc) containing 0.025 %w/v tetrab...

Receiver bias models suggest that a male sexual signal became exaggerated to match a pre-existing sensory, perceptual or cognitive disposition of the female. Accordingly, these models predict that females of related taxa possessing the ancestral state of signalling evolved preference for the male trait in a non-sexual context. We postulated that female preference for the male-released bile alco...