Fine-size cassiterite can be recovered by a liquid-liquid extraction process using low molecular weight petroleum derivatives and Aerosol-22 as collector. Parameters investigated in this study were pH, collector concentration, and rate of agitation. Depending on agitation rate and collector concentration, rougher concentrates can be up-graded by single cleaning to about 9% tin with a recovery of approximately 78%. After a second cleaning step, recovery decreases to about 50%, while grade increases to about 14% tin. The average tin enrichment ratios (related to the feed) are 6 and 9.4 respectively. 相似文献
Shales play important roles in various civil, energy and environmental engineering applications. Shales are categorized as poroelastic materials due to their tight and very stiff structure, and reliable poroelastic properties are required when dealing with shales. This paper presents simple procedures to determine the poroelastic properties of rocks using oedometer and triaxial consolidation tests. The procedures, which avoid the difficulty to perform determination of the unjacketed bulk modulus of the rock minerals, are demonstrated on a North Sea shale. The experimentally obtained Biot coefficient α and the drained bulk modulus K of the shale range from 0.95 to 0.99, and from 0.17 to 2.00 GPa, respectively. The Biot coefficient α and the drained bulk modulus K values determined from the oedometer and triaxial tests are compared and show good agreement and consistency between the two test procedures. The Skempton’s coefficient B-value of the triaxial samples was also experimentally measured prior to the triaxial consolidation tests. The theoretically predicted B-value varies from 0.81 to 0.96 which is, on the average, only about 10% higher than the experimentally obtained B-value which range from 0.80 to 0.85.
The title problem is solved by an approach first suggested by Bellman early in the 1970s and which has recently been used in the solution of solid mechanics problems. It is shown that the methodology offers several important advantages from the point of view of naval analysts and designers. 相似文献
We use data from the Tenerife 10-, 15- and 33‐GHz beam-switching experiments along with the COBE 53- and 90‐GHz data to separate the cosmic microwave background (CMB) signal from the Galactic signal, and create two maps at high Galactic latitude. The new multi-MEM technique is used to obtain the best reconstruction of the two channels. The two maps are presented, and known features are identified within each. We find that the Galactic contribution to both the 15- and 33-GHz Tenerife data is small enough to be ignored when compared with the errors in the data and the magnitude of the CMB signal. 相似文献
Climate change is expected to alter the geographic distribution and abundance of many species. Here we examine the potential effects of climate warming on olive (Olea europaea) and olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) across the ecological zones of Arizona–California (AZ–CA) and Italy. A weather-driven physiologically-based demographic model was developed from the extensive literature and used to simulate the phenology, growth and population dynamics of both species. Observed weather for several years from 151 sites in AZ–CA and 84 sites in Italy were used in the study. Three climate-warming scenarios were developed by increasing observed average daily temperature 1°, 2° and 3°C. Predictions of bloom dates, yield, total fly pupae and percent infestation were mapped using GRASS GIS. Linear multiple-regression was used to estimate the effects of weather on yield and fly abundance. Olive has a much wider temperature range of favorability than olive fly. The model predicted the present distributions of both species and gave important insights on the potential effects of climate warming on them. In AZ–CA, climate warming is expected to contract the range of olive in southern desert areas, and expand it northward and along coastal areas. Olive fly is currently limited by high temperature in the southern part of its range and by cold weather in northern areas. Climate warming is expected to increase the range of olive fly northward and in coastal areas, but decrease it in southern areas. In Italy, the range of olive is expected to increase into currently unfavorable cold areas in higher elevations in the Apennine Mountains in central Italy, and in the Po Valley in the north. Climate warming is expected to increase the range of olive fly northward throughout most of Italy. 相似文献
Arsenic (As) content of sediments from the Rio Conchos and Rio San Pedro in northern Mexico were measured to determine if
this toxic metalloid had accumulated to unsafe levels to humans and aquatic life. The spatial distribution of As in each of
the six clusters of river and arroyo sediments was analyzed to determine variations with respect to background levels and
to infer about potential As sources and sinks. In the northern part of the study area, background concentrations varied little
throughout the area and concentrations in river sediments were close to background levels. In the southern part, however,
the content of As in arroyo sediment contained a wider range of values and anomalous concentrations. The latter could be traced
in part to the presence of mine tailings. As concentrations were below the limit in all studied river stretches and thus do
not pose an immediate threat to the river environment, but As content in reservoir sediments exceeded the guideline values.
Reservoirs seem to act as a sink for As, warranting closer observation and monitoring. 相似文献
The strain rate-dependent mechanical behavior of asphalt concrete was characterized using unconfined compression tests carried
out at different loading rates. It was shown that at high strain rates, the elastic deformation and peak axial stress are
highly sensitive to strain rate. Both increase as the strain rate increases. At very low strain rates, elastic response and
unconfined compressive strength are relatively independent of the loading rate. Based on the experimental observations, a
simple viscoelastic damage model is proposed for the strain rate-dependent unconfined compression behavior of asphalt concrete.
In the model, strain rate response is modeled by a two-component viscoelastic model consisting of a constant elastic modulus
and a viscous modulus that is related by a power-law function to the axial strain rate. Failure and strain softening are modeled
via a damage formulation where damage evolution in the asphalt concrete is given by a simple form of the Weibull distribution
function. The model was shown to be capable of describing the strain rate-dependent deformation, compressive strength, strain-softening
and creep behavior of asphalt concrete. The model is relatively simple and requires only five material parameters. 相似文献