Mineral, chemical and radiological investigation of a black sand at Touzla Cape, near Thessaloniki, Greece

A black-sand formation located at Touzla Cape, near Thessaloniki city, Greece, was investigated using optical microscopy, powder-XRD, SEM-EDS, INAA and in-situ -ray spectrometry. This black sand is mainly composed of ilmenite, magnetite, garnet, zircon and rutile. Also present, in minor or trace amounts, are quartz, sphene, pyroxenes, sillimanite, feldspars, biotite, haematite, tourmaline, chromite, niobian-rutile and pyrrhotite. Niobian-rutile and pyrrhotite were found as inclusions in ilmenite and magnetite respectively. The radioactivity measurements indicated contributions of the uranium and thorium radioactive series and of 40K and 137Cs, and the maximum value of the total absorbed dose rate in air was found to be 62, 172, 8 and 2 nGy h-1 respectively. The main radioactivity of the uranium and thorium series is attributed to the fractions of zircon (304 µg Th g-1 and 157 µg U g-1), of ilmenite (89 µg Th g-1) and to a lesser extent to the fraction of garnet (5 µg Th g-1). The zircon fraction also contained 5076 µg Hf g-1. Some minerals and elements (Ti, Zr, Hf, Th, U) contained in the black sand could be of potential economic value. The high proportions of monomineralic grains along with the variations observed in mineral phases, in colour, in sphericity, in roundness, in grain size, in composition and in mineral inclusions, imply that the minerals and grains were subjected to several cycles of weathering and sedimentation, as well as being derived from multiple source rocks and areas.     

钛矿开采的环境问题及其治理

钛矿开采严重污染地表水，并使矿区生态环境普遍退化，为此，应把服务寓于监督管理之中，治理废水，建设生态环境，推广尾矿库造田技术。加强森林植被管理，用经济手段落实污染治理设施及生态环境建设方案。     

钛铁矿造孔核桃壳基活性炭的制备及其吸附性能

以核桃壳为原料,钛铁矿为造孔剂,制备钛铁矿造孔核桃壳基活性炭。实验结果表明：在氯化锌浓度为3mol/L、碳化时间为40min、碳化温度为400℃、钛铁矿加入量为5%的条件下,制得的钛铁矿造孔核桃壳基活性炭对苯酚、碱性品红、Pb²⁺的吸附量分别达到了156.80,181.35,35.84mg/g,比核桃壳活性炭分别提高了25.84%,18.59%,19.10%;钛铁矿作为造孔剂制备活性炭,可以降低碳化温度和缩短碳化时间,且对活性炭中孔的形成起促进作用,有利于对大分子物质和重金属的吸附去除。     

异相类Fenton氧化处理T酸废母液的催化剂

为了比较黄铁矿、钛铁矿、磁铁矿、钒钛磁铁矿、零价铁以及亚铁催化双氧水氧化处理T酸废母液的效能,研究了不同体系的催化氧化反应动力学以及pH值变化情况,考察了H2O2投加量、催化剂投加量及循环利用次数的影响.研究结果表明,黄铁矿、钛铁矿催化活性较亚铁离子更好,且受废水pH值变化影响小,T酸废母液TOC去除率高达75％左右,是十分有效的类Fenton反应催化剂.钛铁矿催化活性较黄铁矿好,重复利用5次,TOC去除率依然保持在72％以上,表明钛铁矿有着很好的重复利用性.