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The Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed journal for the publication of original research in the fields of characterization of the minerals, metals and materials and its applications to the processing of them. Characterization has become the foundation fo…
L. R. Reyes-Gutiérrez, E. T. Romero-Guzmán, A. Cabral-Prieto, R. Rodríguez-Castillo
Chromium is important from the environmental point of view since its behavior and toxicity properties depend on its oxidation states. The Cr(VI) concentration in wells of Buenavista, Guanajuato, Mexico, is higher than the permissible level of it for drinking…
G. Kanchana, P. Sundaramoorthi, R. Santhi, S. Kalainathan, G.P. Jeyanthi
Kidney stone consist of various organic, inorganic and semi organic compounds. Mineral oxalate monohydrate and di-hydrate is the main inorganic constituent of kidney stones. However, the mechanisms for the formation of calcium oxalate kidney stone are not cle…
S. A. Ibitoye, A. A. Afonja
This study focuses on the characterization of cold briquetted iron (CBI) using powder diffraction techniques. CBI is under-sized metallic fines produced during the direct reduction process (DR-process), which are made into briquettes when they are cold using…
B. Das, S. Prakash, S.K. Das, P.S.R. Reddy
The effectiveness of jigging operation for the beneficiation of low-grade iron ore deposits of Orissa, India has been investigated. Iron ore sample obtained from Barbil region of Orissa containing very high amount of silica and alumina was crushed using the l…
P. C. Holloway, T. H. Etsell
The effect of secondary additives, such as CaCO 3 and MnCO 3 , on the mineralogical transformations in Altasteel EAF dust (9.4% Zn, 31.9% Fe) during roasting with Na 2 CO 3 , and metal extractions during hot water and H 2 SO 4 leaching of the roasted residues…
P. Sundaramoorthi, S. Kalainathan, G. Kanchana, R. Santhi
Electrical and thermal conductivity studies play a vital role in the field of science and technology. According to the conductivity terms, materials can be classified in to good conductors, bad conductors, semiconductors and super conductors. In the free elec…
O.K. Abubakre, R.A. Muriana, P.N. Nwokike
Chromium is largely used as alloying elements in steels for production of stainless steels. It is added in form of ferro-chromium, which is presently imported from Russia and Germany to meet the need of Nigerian Steel Industry. Chromite ore (FeOCr 2 O 3 ) is…
A.O. Adeleke, A.O. Olulana, A.B. Adahama, R.S Makan, S.A. Ibitoye
G-values of 0.97, 0.93, 0.94 and 1.01 were determined for Polish Bellview blend 1 (BV1), Polish Bellview blend 2 (BV2), Australian Agro-Allied blend (AA) and American Carbon Energy blend (CE), respectively. The coking duration of 18 hours, 17 hours, 16 hours…
A.O. ADELEKE, P. ONUMANYI
A mathematical model and its associated numerical search algorithm has been developed for routine coal blending to include local coals for cokemaking at the Nigerian blast furnace-based Ajaokuta Steel Plant. A typical binary blend proposed using the model inc…
L.E. aUmoru, J.A. Ali, A.A. Afonja
This work has investigated the effect of austempering variables on hardness, strength and toughness of 0.48wt. % calcium treated cast iron. The iron was subjected to varying austenitizing and isothermal transformation temperatures and times. Samples were aust…
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