Effect of CaSO4 Pelletization Conditions on a Novel Process for Converting SO2 to Elemental Sulfur by Reaction Cycles involving CaSO4/CaS – Part I. CaSO4 Pellet Strength and Reducibility by Hydrogen

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 628-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Eob Choi ◽  
H. Y. Sohn ◽  
Y. M. Z. Ahmed ◽  
F. M. Mohamed ◽  
G. Han ◽  
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Author(s):  
V.K. Berry

There are two strains of bacteria viz. Thiobacillus thiooxidansand Thiobacillus ferrooxidanswidely mentioned to play an important role in the leaching process of low-grade ores. Another strain used in this study is a thermophile and is designated Caldariella .These microorganisms are acidophilic chemosynthetic aerobic autotrophs and are capable of oxidizing many metal sulfides and elemental sulfur to sulfates and Fe2+ to Fe3+. The necessity of physical contact or attachment by bacteria to mineral surfaces during oxidation reaction has not been fairly established so far. Temple and Koehler reported that during oxidation of marcasite T. thiooxidanswere found concentrated on mineral surface. Schaeffer, et al. demonstrated that physical contact or attachment is essential for oxidation of sulfur.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishant Singh ◽  
Bruno Lainer ◽  
Georges Formon ◽  
Serena De Piccoli ◽  
Thomas Hermans

Nature uses catalysis as an indispensable tool to control assembly and reaction cycles in vital non-equilibrium supramolecular processes. For instance, enzymatic methionine oxidation regulates actin (dis)assembly, and catalytic guanosine triphosphate hydrolysis is found in tubulin (dis)assembly. Here we present a completely artificial reaction cycle which is driven by a chemical fuel that is catalytically obtained from a ‘pre-fuel’. The reaction cycle controls the disassembly and re-assembly of a hydrogel, where the rate of pre-fuel turnover dictates the morphology as well as the mechanical properties. By adding additional fresh aliquots of fuel and removing waste, the hydrogels can be re-programmed time after time. Overall, we show how catalysis can control fuel generation to control reaction / assembly kinetics and materials properties in life-like non-equilibrium systems.


Circular ◽  
1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim S. Hinds ◽  
Richard R. Cunningham
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1984 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.G. Brownlee ◽  
D.S. Painter ◽  
R.J. Boone

Abstract During August, 1983 geosmin was identified in a municipal water supply drawn from western Lake Ontario. The geosmin concentrations were 0.01-0.07 μg L-1, within the range for threshold odour concentration of 0.01-0.2 μg L-1. 2-Methylisoborneol was not detected. The odour 'event' coincided with a dieoff of Cladophora in the lake, but we were not able to establish a direct link between the dieoff and geosmin production. Decomposing Cladophora in shoreline areas produced a strong odour in the air. 3-Methylindole, elemental sulfur, dimethyl tetrasulfide, and dimethyl pentasulfide were tentatively identified in water samples collected from these areas, but geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol were not detected.


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