Active Soils of the Niger Delta in Road Pavement Design and Construction

Active soils existing to irreplaceable extents (both laterally and vertically) within the freshwater zone of the Niger delta are known and have been shown to be highly undesirable in their natural forms for road construction. This is because they swell extensively in the rainy season and shrink proportionately in the dry months together with any structure including road pavement constructed with or placed on them. In this paper, four samples of these soils collected from across the Niger delta were subjected to chemical stabilization with slaked-lime and calcium chloride (CaCl₂) to reduce swelling potential while resulting mixtures (corresponding to tolerable swelling limits) were stabilized with Portland cement to improve strength. First, swell indicator (i.e. 24-h free swell index) was found to diminish with increasing stabilizer content while for combined plot (independent of location/percentage fines), about 10.7% and 6% slaked-lime and CaCl₂ were found to be required to achieve the minimum (2.5% free swell) tolerable, normal or non-swell soil condition. Under this condition and for individual soil materials, addition of cement was found to enhance continual increase in MDD, soaked-CBR and durability index such that the soil becomes better compactible, stronger and more durable with increasing cement content. About 2.6% and 14.6% cement contents were found needed to respectively produce sub-base and base-course materials in roadworks with the latter much more durable than the former. The graphs so obtain could also constitute a complete graphical model for preparing deltaic active soils for use as road pavement materials.     

锂同位素在伟晶岩矿床成因研究中的应用

稀有金属矿产对现代工业和科技的发展极其重要,伟晶岩矿床作为稀有金属的主要来源,其成因与成矿作用有待深入研究,普遍争论的成因模式包括:花岗岩结晶分异、地壳部分熔融以及岩浆液态不混溶。研究表明地壳深熔过程中锂同位素不发生有意义的分馏,因此在解决花岗岩和伟晶岩的岩浆源区性质方面提供了强有力的证据。文章主要从花岗伟晶岩的成因、锂同位素分馏机制以及锂同位素在伟晶岩矿床中的应用三个方面系统综述了国内外近年来取得的一些研究进展。国内外学者以锂同位素分馏机制详细论述了花岗伟晶岩的Li同位素组成,认为伟晶岩矿床的成因主要为花岗岩结晶分异或地壳部分熔融。但是锂同位素应用于伟晶岩矿床成因方面的研究还不够成熟,需要开展更多的工作。     

粉末压片制样-X射线荧光光谱法测定锂云母中的高含量氟

锂云母中的氟含量很高(1. 36%～8. 71%),在焙烧锂云母矿物时锂的浸出率随着含氟量的增加而逐步下降,随着锂云母脱氟率的提高,锂的浸出率也相应提高,准确测定锂云母中的氟、控制氟含量可为确定焙烧过程的工艺条件、设备参数及成本提供依据。目前氟的测定主要采用离子选择电极法,但过程复杂、分析时间长且空白值高。本文采用粉末直接压片制样X射线荧光光谱法测定锂云母中的氟,氟的检出限为46±4μg/g。将锂矿石标准物质和人工配制校准物质制成工作曲线,经验系数校正基体效应和谱线干扰,方法精密度(RSD,n=10)为1. 03%。采用本法分析由标准样品合成的样品,测定值与理论值吻合良好;用实际样品验证,测定结果与离子选择电极法的测定值相符。本法适用于分析锂云母中0. 68%～9. 14%的氟。     

Geomorphic controls on deposition of salt in the Greater Tamar Catchment,northeast Tasmania

In Tasmania, most salts in the landscape originate from rainfall and accumulate in landscapes after evaporation occurs. The distribution and quantity of salt in rainfall from an array of bulk deposition collectors in the Greater Tamar Catchment were assessed for the period September 2013 to August 2014. The bulk deposition samples were analysed for pH, electrical conductivity, major ions (Ca, Mg, Na, SO₄ and Cl) and a selection of trace ions. The average salt flux across the study area was 79 ± 10 kg/ha/yr region, ranging from 170 ± 12 kg/ha/yr near the coast in the north to 42 ± 6 kg/ha/yr inland. Deposition of most ions decreased from the northwest to the south and east, and peaked in winter and spring. Geomorphic factors such as elevation and topography have an important effect on the volume of rainfall and flux of salt from windblown dust and oceanic aerosols. A comparison of measured chloride and salt deposition in Tasmania with other Australian atmospheric studies indicates that continental-scale models of salt flux are not appropriate for Tasmania. New models are proposed that take into account the influence of the Southern Ocean, Tasman Sea and topographic variation in the study area. The results provide improved estimates of rainfall-derived salt inputs to catchments in northeast Tasmania and enable more accurate salt budget modelling. Improved understanding of volumes and distribution of salts has implications for the management of soils and infrastructure that degrade as a result of dryland salinity in Tasmania.     

光卤石分解制取氯化钾晶体粒度控制技术

讨论了1×106t钾肥生产线光卤石分解、氯化钾结晶的晶体粒度影响因素,给出了最佳工艺控制条件,使氯化钾的产品粒度70%0.2 mm,基本达到了设计要求,降低了湿产品的含水量,减少了干燥成本。     

Adsorption of tributyltin by tributyltin resistant marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. cells

The isolate, Pesudoalteromonas sp. TBT1, could grow to overcome the toxicity of tributyltin chloride (TBTCl) up to 30 μM in the absence of Cl⁻ in the medium until the cells reached an exponential phase of growth. The viability, however, was reduced after the cells reached a stationary phase. The degradation products, such as dibutyltin (DBT) and monobutyltin (MBT), were not detected in the growth medium, indicating that the isolate has no ability to degrade TBT into less toxic DBT and MBT. Up to about 10^7.5 TBT molecules were adsorbed by a single cell. The observation of morphological changes with an electron microscope showed that the cell surface became wrinkled after exposure to the lethal concentration of 10 mM TBTCl. These results indicate that the resistance of the isolate toward the toxicity of TBTCl is not related to the unique cell surface, which seems to play an important role in preventing the diffusion of TBTCl into the cytoplasm.     

Production of Domoic Acid by Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries Hasle, Affected by Lithium

Abstract. Upon enrichment with lithium 385.6 μM Li, culture of Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries H asle produces substantially higher level of the neurotoxin domoic acid DA 230 fg · cell^-1 than the control 135 fg · cell^-1. We hypothesize that in Cardigan Bay, where the first domoic acid episode was reported, high levels of Li could have originated via a massive freshwater run-off involving an adjacent dump. Lithium enrichment may have played a part in enhancing DA production leading to the intoxication episodes of 1987. Thus, anthropogenic activities may play a role as a sustainer of algal blooms and should be included in habitat management considerations involving coastal and inshore algal blooms, both toxigenic and non-toxigenic.     

Hydrodynamic loads on subsea robots

Free floating subsea robots are often subjected to complex hydrodynamic loads due to waves/currents and wakes from nearby structures. This makes control extremely difficult. Good hydrodynamics data might counteract this. This paper presents hydrodynamics data for two configurations undergoing various combinations of steady translation and approximately steady rotation. The two configurations are: a spherical body with a single fixed link arm and a two link arm without a body. For both configurations neural networks were found to provide a reasonable fit to the data. We believe that such fits could be used to improve control.     

LiCl-MgCl2-H2O及其子体系多温下体积性质研究(英文)

用高精度振动管密度仪测定二元系统(Li Cl-H₂O和MgCl₂-H₂O)和三元系统(Li Cl-MgCl₂-H₂O)在273.15至308.15 K下溶液密度。采用VFT方程关联了Li Cl和MgCl₂溶液密度与温度、摩尔浓度关系。利用Young理想混合规则,根据二元体积性质计算计算了三元系统溶液密度。采用Pitzer离子相互模型拟合了Li ClMgCl₂-H₂O,得到Pitzer单盐参数(β_M~(_X⁰ V),β_M~(_X¹ V),and C^V_MX,MX=Li Cl和MgCl₂)和混合离子相互作用参数(θ^V_Li,Mg、ψ^V_Li,Mg,Cl