On hydrogen wettability of basaltic rock

2021 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 108387
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Yaseri ◽  
Nilesh Kumar Jha
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2014 ◽  
Vol 80 (16) ◽  
pp. 4854-4864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrna E. Jacobson Meyers ◽  
Jason B. Sylvan ◽  
Katrina J. Edwards

ABSTRACTSeafloor basalts are widely distributed and host diverse prokaryotic communities, but no data exist concerning the metabolic rates of the resident microbial communities. We present here potential extracellular enzyme activities of leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) and alkaline phosphatase (AP) measured on basalt samples from different locations on Loihi Seamount, HI, coupled with analysis of prokaryotic biomass and pyrosequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. The community maximum potential enzyme activity (Vmax) of LAP ranged from 0.47 to 0.90 nmol (g rock)−1h−1; theVmaxfor AP was 28 to 60 nmol (g rock)−1h−1. TheKmof LAP ranged from 26 to 33 μM, while theKmfor AP was 2 to 7 μM. Bacterial communities on Loihi basalts were comprised primarily ofAlpha-,Delta-, andGammaproteobacteria,Bacteroidetes, andPlanctomycetes. The putative ability to produce LAP is evenly distributed across the most commonly detected bacterial orders, but the ability to produce AP is likely dominated by bacteria in the ordersXanthomonadales,Flavobacteriales, andPlanctomycetales. The enzyme activities on Loihi basalts were compared to those of other marine environments that have been studied and were found to be similar in magnitude to those from continental shelf sediments and orders of magnitude higher than any measured in the water column, demonstrating that the potential for exposed basalts to transform organic matter is substantial. We propose that microbial communities on basaltic rock play a significant, quantifiable role in benthic biogeochemical processes.


1995 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Y. Hata ◽  
A. H. Hara ◽  
Ben K. S. Hu

Abstract Tests were conducted from 14 Jul through 8 Sep 1994 on 8 year old orchid plants at a commercial dendrobium farm in Kailua-Kona. Plants were growing in 1.3 cm crushed basaltic rock under 30% polypropylene shade using standard cultural practices. Experimental plots measured 40 ft2 with 58 plants per plot arranged in a RCB with four blocks. Four weekly applications of insecticides were applied beginning 14 Jul and ending 4 Aug. A spreader-sticker (Ad-here, J. R. Simplot, Lanthrop, CA) was added to all foliar treatments, including the control, at a rate of 0.5 ml per liter solution. Insecticides were applied at 1,345 liters/ha using a backpack sprayer (Solo Inc., Newport News, VA) equipped with an 8004 Teejet nozzle (Spraying systems Co. Wheaton, IL) at 276 KPa. The control was sprayed with water. Treatment efficacy was evaluated by randomly harvesting 5 inflorescences weekly from each block. Blossoms were removed from the inflorescences, counted, and placed in Berlese funnels heated with a 60 watt incandescent light bulb. Thrips were collected in an 8:2:1:1 solution of ethanol, distilled H20, acetic acid and glycerin, and the number of nymphs and adults counted. Because the number of blossoms per inflorescences varied, thrips counts were adjusted to the number of thrips per blossom by dividing the total number of thrips recovered by the total number of blossoms. Data were transformed to log,0(x + 1) and analyzed by ANOVA.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1153 ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Daniel Tihanov-Tănăsache ◽  
Vlad Alexandru Florea ◽  
Daniela Dinica ◽  
Emilia Florina Binchiciu ◽  
Nicușor Alin Sîrbu

The paper presents three applications for maintenance of soil processing tools, achieved by loading through welding of rough layers, of the active surfaces, highly subjected to wear. To achieve this objective we used the preventive repetitive maintenance principles and the concept of fair definition of the wear additional material, in such a way that the rendering activity of active surfaces with the additions will take place in the „dead time” for the manufacturing operation. In concrete situations, of preparing and processing soil, to assure the good functioning of cutting tools in contact with the soil to be processed, in quarries that extract and process basaltic rock aggregates we used a common process of depositing wear protection layers or intelligent self-protection systems, by melting with electric arc of new welding materials that assure in the deposited metal, type Fe-25%Cr-4%W-1%V-Ti-La, hardness of approx. 55HRC and a good welding compatibility with a large palette of low alloyed steels or micro-alloyed with boron, with hardness up to 400 HB. The structure and morphology of the deposits are type austenitic with a high volume of complex carbides of chromium, wolfram and vanadium and reduced, clean inter-crystalline areas, determined by the presence of lanthanides, fact that assures the intelligent protection systems a high tenacity and a good resistance to abrasion wear, specific clay soil with a high content of quartz sand, present in the vest area. The recent change in soil processing systems, by introducing new equipment, determined a rise in wear conditions, especially for scarify and plow coulters teeth and hoeing digger used for growing crops, respectively of useful technologies used in exploitation in conditions of high productivity with low costs.


2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Alfredsson ◽  
B. S. Hardarson ◽  
H. Franzson ◽  
S. R. Gislason

AbstractStorage of CO2 as solid Ca, Mg, and Fe carbonates in basaltic rocks may provide a long-lasting solution for reduction of industrial CO2 emissions. Here, we report on the underground stratigraphy of the chemical composition and crystallinity of rocks and their alteration state at a targeted field site for injection of CO2-charged waters, the Hellisheidi area in SW Iceland.


1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.S.V. Nambi ◽  
B.D. Bhasin ◽  
V.N. Bapat
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