Effects of calcium hydroxide and calcium chloride addition to bentonite in iron ore pelletization.

Pyrite ash is created as waste from the roasting of pyrite ores during the production of sulphuric acid. These processes generate great amounts of pyrite ash waste that is generally land filled. This creates serious environmental pollution due to the release of acids and toxic substances. Pyrite ash waste can be utilized in the iron production industry as a blast furnace feed to process this waste and prevent environmental pollution. The essential parameters affecting the pelletization process of pyrite ash were studied using bentonite as a binder. Experiments were then carried out using bentonite and a mixture of bentonite with calcium hydroxide and calcium chloride in order to make the bentonite more effective. The metallurgical properties of pyrite ash, bentonite, calcium hydroxide, calcium chloride, a mixture of these and sintered pellets were studied using X-ray analysis. The crushing strength tests were carried out to investigate the strength of pyrite ash waste pellets. The results of these analyses showed that pyrite ash can be agglomerated to pellets and used in the iron production industry as a blast furnace feed. The crushing strength of the pellets containing calcium hydroxide and calcium chloride in addition to bentonite was better than the strength of pellets prepared using only bentonite binder.     

The modern theory of biological evolution: an expanded synthesis

In 1858, two naturalists, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, independently proposed natural selection as the basic mechanism responsible for the origin of new phenotypic variants and, ultimately, new species. A large body of evidence for this hypothesis was published in Darwins Origin of Species one year later, the appearance of which provoked other leading scientists like August Weismann to adopt and amplify Darwins perspective. Weismanns neo-Darwinian theory of evolution was further elaborated, most notably in a series of books by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, Julian Huxley and others. In this article we first summarize the history of life on Earth and provide recent evidence demonstrating that Darwins dilemma (the apparent missing Precambrian record of life) has been resolved. Next, the historical development and structure of the modern synthesis is described within the context of the following topics: paleobiology and rates of evolution, mass extinctions and species selection, macroevolution and punctuated equilibrium, sexual reproduction and recombination, sexual selection and altruism, endosymbiosis and eukaryotic cell evolution, evolutionary developmental biology, phenotypic plasticity, epigenetic inheritance and molecular evolution, experimental bacterial evolution, and computer simulations (in silico evolution of digital organisms). In addition, we discuss the expansion of the modern synthesis, embracing all branches of scientific disciplines. It is concluded that the basic tenets of the synthetic theory have survived, but in modified form. These sub-theories require continued elaboration, particularly in light of molecular biology, to answer open-ended questions concerning the mechanisms of evolution in all five kingdoms of life.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. hc mult. Ernst Mayr on the occasion of his 100th birthdayThis revised version was published online in March 2004, with corrections to the caption of Figure 6.     

金属对催化还原DDT的降解产物及其反应机制的研究

本报告介绍DDT经金属对处理后降解产物的分析鉴定和有关反应机制的初步研究。 降解产物主要是用气相色谱—质谱联用分析鉴定的。水溶液中的DDT用Cu-Zn金属对还原其降解产物经鉴定是DDD、DDMS、DDE_t,它们是DDT分子脱去烷基碳原子上不同数目的氯原子的产物。而在Cu-Fe金属对作用下,水溶液中的DDT的还原则是同时得到四种不同类型的产物。它们是DDT脱去烷基碳原子上的1个和3个氯原子的DDD和DDE_t;DDT脱氯、氧化产物DBP和DBH;DDT脱去HCI生成的DDE;两个DDT分子二聚脱氯的产物TTTB和TTDB。 实验证明金属对对DDT的作用是催化还原反应,金属对起着催化剂和还原剂双重作用。通过实验结果对DDT在金属对作用下的反应机制进行了初步探讨。     

江苏小梅岭硅灰石矿床特征及其成因

江苏溧阳小梅岭硅灰石矿产于二叠系栖霞组硅质岩中，其成矿热液主要来自庙西花岩岩体。矿体以层状产出，矿石为不规则透镜体，方解石和硅灰石常常互层，常见有硅质岩核心。伴生矿物主要有透辉石、绿帘石、符山石、鱼眼石和萤石。根据x射线衍射分析研究，矿区内硅灰石均属三斜低温硅灰石，其a=-7．934，B0＝7．321，C0=7．068，红外光谱和差热分析表明，该硅灰石矿杂质含量较少。根据野外地质条件和理论反应式、反应曲线，小梅岭硅灰石矿形成于半封闭的体系，其形成温度和压力均属中等。     

适宜国内现状的生态工业园建设的初探

生态工业园是实现可持续发展的途径之一.文中根据当前国内工业布局、土地资源现状,并结合各种类型生态工业园特征,指出对现有企业和工业园区的改造,以及构建虚拟型生态工业园,是适宜当前国内现状的生态工业园建设类型.     

海37引信回转体座冷挤压工艺

回转体座是海37引信中的关键件,要求有一定的机械强度、耐磨性.研制期间,曾用压铸铝合金,由于铝合金压铸内部存在着气孔,表面粗糙.不能满足其机械性能的要求.针对这一现象,研制了回转体座冷挤压成形工艺,零件表面质量好,成本低,满足了产品的机械性能要求.     

大连声环境质量的灰色预测研究

根据1999年～2003年大连市区声环境质量的监测数据，采用两次残差修正GM（1，1）对2010年前声环境质量进行预测结果表明，修正后模型均为一级模型，进行中、短期预测精度高。预测结果可为城市噪声污染防治提供科学的依据。     

超深厌氧塘的技术特性

超深厌氧塘是一种稳定塘新工艺。与常规厌氧塘相比，具有ＢＯＤ５容积负荷大、占地面积小，受温度影响小的优点。探讨了它的工作机理，本研究确定了负荷、水深和去除率之间的定量关系以供实际应用。