Discussion of an Enrichment Mechanism of Precious Metals by Base Metals and Mattes in Pyrometallurgical Processes

The enrichment mechanisms of precious metals by base metals or their mattes in pyrometallurgical processes are discussed at the atomic level in this paper. The reasons brought forward for a trace amount of precious metals to be trapped into base metals or mattes are that the melted slag phases possess different chemical structures and properties from that of the melted base metal or matte phases. As for the melted slag phase, its formation is thought to depend on the covalent bonds and the ionic bonds between Si, O atoms and Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe2+ ions to tie up each other. Because the bridging electrons in the slag phase are all thought as the localized electrons, the precious metal atoms are not stable among them. However, as for the metal phase, its formation is thought depend on the metal bonds to bind up the metal atoms. Because the electrons in the metal phases can move freely among the atoms, the precious metal atoms that enter the metal phase can cause the system’s free energy to decrease. For the melted mattes phase,because it has high electrical conductivities (between 103～104 s·cm-1) at higher temperatures, and its temperature coefficients presents the negative values, its conductance mechanism belongs with the electronic conduction. The property of the mattes is in fact similar to that of the metal at their melted state, so the precious metal atoms will enter the matte phase instead of the slag phase in a mattesmelting process.     

Time difference based measurement of ultrasonic cavitations in wastewater treatment

Intensity of cavitation is significant in ultrasonic wastewater treatment, but is complicated to measure.A time difference based method of ultrasonic cavitation measurement is proposed.The time differences at different powers of 495kHz ultrasonic are measured in experiment in comparison with conductimetric method.Simulation results show that time difference and electrical conductivity are both approximately positive proportional to the ultrasonic power.The degradation of PNP solution verifies the availability in wastewater treatment by using ultrasonic.     

Roasting and leaching behaviors of vanadium and chromium in calcification roasting–acid leaching of high-chromium vanadium slag

Calcification roasting–acid leaching of high-chromium vanadium slag (HCVS) was conducted to elucidate the roasting and leaching behaviors of vanadium and chromium. The effects of the purity of CaO, molar ratio between CaO and V₂O₅ (n(CaO)/n(V₂O₅)), roasting temperature, holding time, and the heating rate used in the oxidation–calcification processes were investigated. The roasting process and mechanism were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and thermogravimetry–differential scanning calorimetry (TG–DSC). The results show that most of vanadium reacted with CaO to generate calcium vanadates and transferred into the leaching liquid, whereas almost all of the chromium remained in the leaching residue in the form of (Fe_0.6Cr_0.4)₂O₃. Variation trends of the vanadium and chromium leaching ratios were always opposite because of the competitive reactions of oxidation and calcification between vanadium and chromium with CaO. Moreover, CaO was more likely to combine with vanadium, as further confirmed by thermodynamic analysis. When the HCVS with CaO added in an n(CaO)/n(V₂O₅) ratio of 0.5 was roasted in an air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10℃/min from room temperature to 950℃ and maintained at this temperature for 60 min, the leaching ratios of vanadium and chromium reached 91.14% and 0.49%, respectively; thus, efficient extraction of vanadium from HCVS was achieved and the leaching residue could be used as a new raw material for the extraction of chromium. Furthermore, the oxidation and calcification reactions of the spinel phases occurred at 592 and 630℃ for n(CaO)/n(V₂O₅) ratios of 0.5 and 5, respectively.     

Structure properties for the superconductor MgCNi3 under high pressure with synchrotron radiation

The recent discovery of superconductivity at 39 K in the superconductor MgB2[1] shows that intermetallic compounds with simple structure types are worth serious reconsideration as sources of new superconducting mate-rials. Subsequent to this discovery, He et al. observed a new intermetallic superconductor MgCNi3[2] at about 8 K. The perovskite crystal structure for MgCNi3 is shown in Fig. 1, with the atomic positions: Mg: 1a (0,0,0), C: 1b (0.5,0.5,0.5) and Ni: 3c (0,0.5,0.5). This mater…     

The occurrence of the genus Marrella(Trilobitoidea) in Asia

An important discovery in the Kaili Biota has been made recently, and many interesting components from ChengjiangBiota and Burgess Shale Biota have been discovered. Among them Marrella, only known from mid-Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale Biotaof British Columbia, Canada, is one of the most important arthropods fossils. Because the Kaili Biota is older than the Burgess Shale Biota,the strange head shield of Marrella occurring in the Kaili Biota outside Laurentia ranges from mid-Middle Cambrian to early Middle Cam-brian and is significant for the reconstruction of palaeogeography and evolutionary study of early metazoa. In the present paper Marrellasp. is reported for the first time in Asia.     

Density of hydrous silicate melt at the conditions of Earth's deep upper mantle

The chemical evolution of the Earth and the terrestrial planets is largely controlled by the density of silicate melts. If melt density is higher than that of the surrounding solid, incompatible elements dissolved in the melt will be sequestered in the deep mantle. Previous studies on dry (water-free) melts showed that the density of silicate melts can be higher than that of surrounding solids under deep mantle conditions. However, melts formed under deep mantle conditions are also likely to contain some water, which will reduce the melt density. Here we present data constraining the density of hydrous silicate melt at the conditions of approximately 410 km depth. We show that the water in the silicate melt is more compressible than the other components, and therefore the effect of water in reducing melt density is markedly diminished under high-pressure conditions. Our study indicates that there is a range of conditions under which a (hydrous) melt could be trapped at the 410-km boundary and hence incompatible elements could be sequestered in the deep mantle, although these conditions are sensitive to melt composition as well as the composition of the surrounding mantle.     

The zircon SHRIMP chronology and trace element geochemistry of the Carboniferous volcanic rocks in western Tianshan Mountains

The genesis of the Carboniferous volcanic rocks in the Dahalajunshan group, mainly consisting of trachytes and trachy-andesites and distributing widely in western Tianshan Mountains, remains to be controversial. It has been proposed to be relevant to “rift” or “plume”. Detailed petrology and geochemical data presented in this paper show that these volcanic rocks represent typical continental arc magmatism. The volcanic rocks are mainly trachy-andesitic, and the magma source is enriched in LILE, Th and Pb, and depleted in HFSE and Ce. Trace element geochemical study suggests that the basalts could be modeled by 7% -11% partial melt of garnet Iherzolite. The volcanic rocks in the Dahalajunshan group are neither the products of “rift” nor so-called “plume”but represent the continental island arc of the Paleo-Southern Tianshan Ocean. The mantle wedge had been modified by the melt generating in subduction zone during a long evolution history of this island arc. The continental crust materials （i.e. mainly sediment on ocean floor） had been added into island arc through melt in subduction zone. Volcanic rocks occurring in different regions might represent magma eruption in different time. The zircon SHRIMP dating indicates that the ages of the basalt varies between 334.0 Ma and 394.9 Ma. The 13 analyses give an average age of 353.7±4.5 Ma （MSWD = 1.7）. The apparent ages of zircons in trachy-andesite vary between 293.0 Ma and 465.4 Ma. All analyses fall on the U-Pb concordant line and are divided into two groups. 8 analyses produce an average age of 312.8±4.2 Ma （MSWD = 1.7）, which represents the crystallizing age of zircon rims in trachy-andesite. The acquired two ages （i.e. 354 and 313 Ma） belong to the Early Carboniferous and Late Carboniferous epochs, respectively. Thus, the Dahalajunshan group would be separated into several groups with the accumulation of high-quality age dating and data of trace element and isotopic geochemistry, in our opinion.     

Landscape Change and its effect on the environment of Daqing City

In this paper, we will study the temporal-spatial landscape change from 1978 to 2001 in Daqing City, based on the multi spectral scanner (MSS) and thematic mapper (TM) images of remote sensing (RS) of 1978, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2001. In order to explain the effects of the component change on the whole landscape, we make a statistic analysis about the transfer probability matrix of the component types of the landscape by using the ARCGIS platform through the overlay analysis of different landscape components. Based on the transfer probability matrix, we calculate the in-transfer ratio, the out-transfer ratio and the contributor ratio of the special transfer process of the main landscape components. The results illustrate that the cultivated-land, grassland, swamp, and alkaline land are the main contributors resulting in the landscape change: the out-transfer ratios of grassland and swamp are much higher than the in-transfer ones; the in-transfer ratio of alkaline land is much higher than the out-transfer one; the in-transfer ratio of the land-lot is always higher than its out-transfer with the highest rate per year, although there is a small difference among the in-transfers and the out-transfers per year. The main landscape changing processes are the salination of cultivated-land, salination or desertification of grassland, salination and degeneration of swamp. Results in this paper can provide scientific basis for investigating the landscape change mechanism of resources-based city.     

抛物形缓坡方程的数值研究

对2种典型的抛物形缓坡方程进行比较系统的数值研究。通过对4种典型地形上的波浪变形的数值模拟，详细讨论了网格节点数对数值解精度的影响、模型对初始入射角的敏感程度、非线性项对数值结果的影响等。研究结果可为实际应用抛物形缓坡方程研究大区域复杂地形上的波浪传播提供一定的理论指导。     

Crystal structure, magnetic and photoelectric properties of coordination polymer[ Co2（C3H4N2）4（ C10H2O8） ]n

The coordination polymer is designed and synthe-sized through the choice of organic ligand and coordina-tion geometry of metal ion as well as the control over theinfinite network topology structure, which usually con-tains both the characteristic of the organic molecules andmetal ions. So, it exhibits more singular function and haspotential application in optics, electrics, information, ca-talysis, medicament, metallurgy, novel material and lifesciences fields. And it has been the confluence m…