Effect of dressings of basic slag on the lime status of soils

1926 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rice Williams
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Unsaturated Soils ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Basic Slag ◽  
Exchangeable Calcium ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Experimental Plots

(1) The addition of basic slag to moist base-unsaturated soils, under laboratory conditions, causes an increase in their content of exchangeable calcium, degree of saturation, pH, and the amount of calcium soluble in an aqueous solution of carbon dioxide.(2) Slag seems to be almost as effective as calcium carbonate or lime in increasing the exchangeable calcium and the degree of saturation of soils, but its action on pH is not so marked.(3) The effect of dressings of slag on the lime status of soils from experimental plots is still evident after eight years.(4) The exchangeable calcium of samples of soil taken from the same fields after an interval of six years shows a considerable fall due to leaching.(5) It is suggested that the addition of low grade basic slag to unsaturated soils may tend to maintain or improve their lime status and will, to some extent, compensate for the loss of calcium due to drainage and crops.

scholarly journals Pore Filling Effect of Forced Carbonation Reactions Using Carbon Dioxide Nanobubbles

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 4343
Author(s):  
Jihoon Kim ◽  
Ryoma Kitagaki ◽  
Heesup Choi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Surface Modification ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Pore Filling ◽  
Concrete Repair ◽  
Mortar Specimen ◽  
Cement Ratio ◽  
Water Cement Ratio ◽  
Series Of Experiments

Various methods for repairing and modifying concrete surfaces have been proposed and applied to improve the durability of existing concrete structures. Surface modification through forced carbonation is a method of densification that forms calcium carbonate in the pores on the surface of concrete to improve its durability. In this study, to evaluate the applicability of this surface modification method to existing buildings, a series of experiments was conducted in which mortar specimens were repeatedly immersed in a carbon dioxide nanobubble aqueous solution. By evaluating the weight change and absorption rate, it was determined that the higher the water/cement ratio of the mortar specimen, the higher the pore filling effect owing to immersion in the carbon dioxide nanobubble aqueous solution. In addition, the effect of clogged pores generated by the precipitation of calcium carbonate was confirmed, and it was found that the higher the water/cement ratio of the mortar specimen, the higher the pore filling effect due to clogging. We believe that our findings contribute to the development of research and construction practices associated with concrete repair and restoration.

Liming as a factor in the amelioration of deteriorated tropical soils

1929 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Tropical Soils ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Alluvial Soils ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Exchangeable Calcium ◽  
Slaked Lime ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Experimental Plots

1. There exist in Trinidad large areas of deteriorated soils which have been under cultivation with a single short-term crop for generations. It has previously been established that these soils differ but little from those which still retain their fertility in their content of organic matter. By comparison with the latter, however, they are markedly acidic and so deficient in exchangeable calcium that a material improvement in their lime status appears to be a necessary preliminary to their amelioration. An examination has therefore been made of the means by which this may most successfully be accomplished.2. Determinations of the contents of exchangeable calcium and the pH values of a series of liming experimental plots indicate that:(a) Contrary to experience in England, finely ground limestone has proved a more efficient soil ameliorant than slaked lime.(b) Single relatively large applications of lime fertilisers have given more immediate beneficial results than small annual dressings.(c) The effect of liming appears to have been almost entirely restricted to the depth to which the soil is worked. This is doubtless due to the impermeability and lack of aeration which characterises heavy deteriorated soils.3. A significant increase in crop yield was obtained only on those plots which were later shown to have been rendered neutral in reaction by liming, and on which the degree of saturation of the top 6 in. of soil has been raised to 80 per cent. This value is comparable with that of the fertile soils of Trinidad.4. The experience of liming methods gained in Trinidad may be applicable to other areas of alluvial soils under cultivation in the tropics.

Atom Condensed Fukui Function for Condensed Phases and Biological Systems and Its Application to Enzymatic Fixation of Carbon Dioxide

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Oller ◽  
David A. Sáez ◽  
Esteban Vöhringer-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Molecular System ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Nucleophilic Attack ◽  
Stable Conformation ◽  
Fukui Functions ◽  
Reactivity Descriptors ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Fixation Of Carbon Dioxide

<div><div><div><p>Local reactivity descriptors such as atom condensed Fukui functions are promising computational tools to study chemical reactivity at specific sites within a molecule. Their applications have been mainly focused on isolated molecules in their most stable conformation without considering the effects of the surroundings. Here, we propose to combine QM/MM Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics simulations to obtain the microstates (configurations) of a molecular system using different representations of the molecular environment and calculate Boltzmann weighted atom condensed local reac- tivity descriptors based on conceptual DFT. Our approach takes the conformational fluctuations of the molecular system and the polarization of its electron density by the environment into account allowing us to analyze the effect of changes in the molecular environment on reactivity. In this contribution, we apply the method mentioned above to the catalytic fixation of carbon dioxide by crotonyl-CoA carboxylase/reductase and study if the enzyme alters the reactivity of its substrate compared to an aqueous solution. Our main result is that the protein en- vironment activates the substrate by the elimination of solute-solvent hydrogen bonds from aqueous solution in the two elementary steps of the reaction mechanism: the nucleophilic attack of a hydride anion from NADPH on the α, β unsaturated thioester and the electrophilic attack of carbon dioxide on the formed enolate species.</p></div></div></div>

Photooxidation at Platinum Colloidal TiO2 Aqueous-Solution Interfaces. I. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid and Related-Compounds

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 757 ◽  
Author(s):  
DN Furlong ◽  
D Wells ◽  
WHF Sasse
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid ◽  
Oxidation Potential ◽  
Illumination Time ◽  
Carbonium Ions ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Glycine Derivatives ◽  
Lactic Acids ◽  
Exhaustive Oxidation

The photooxidation of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ( edta ) and related glycine derivatives, at Pt/TiO2/aqueous solution interfaces, has been monitored via the production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Yields are consistent with the exhaustive oxidation of methoxycarbonyl groups and the rate varied with the number and distribution of such groups. A photooxidation pathway is proposed which involves the oxidation of intermediate carbonium ions. Plausible molecular intermediates, such as formic acid and formaldehyde in the case of edta , have been shown in separate experiments to be photooxidized according to the proposed pathway. The maximum rate of oxidation for each donor depends on its oxidation potential and its tendency to adsorb on TiO2 surfaces. Desorption due to pH increase, as well as consumption of the donor, causes the rate to decline rapidly with illumination time. Acetic and malonic acids gave some hydrogen but underwent mainly (> c. 80%) photo-Kolbe decarboxylation to yield carbon dioxide and methane. By contrast the oxidation of oxomalonic, pyruvic and lactic acids proceeded mainly via a H2 producing pathway similar to that established for edta. The oxidation of pyruvic and lactic acids ceased at a yield of one mole of CO2 per mole of acid.

Controlled preparation of micro–nano hierarchical hollow calcium carbonate microspheres by pressurized-CO2 carbonization and their CaCO3:Eu3+ photoluminescence properties

CrystEngComm ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (16) ◽  
pp. 3033-3042
Author(s):  
Liubin Shi ◽  
Mingde Tang ◽  
Yaseen Muhammad ◽  
Yong Tang ◽  
Lulu He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Calcium Hydroxide ◽  
Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid ◽  
Disodium Salt ◽  
Hollow Microspheres ◽  
Photoluminescence Properties ◽  
Controlled Preparation

Herein, calcium carbonate hollow microspheres with a micro–nano hierarchical structure were successfully synthesized using disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA-2Na) as an additive, by bubbling pressurized carbon dioxide and calcium hydroxide at 120 °C.

Chemical Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Aqueous Solution of Potassium Threonate

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyu-Suk Hwang ◽  
Dae-Won Park ◽  
Kwang-Joong Oh ◽  
Seong-Soo Kim ◽  
Sang-Wook Park
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Chemical Absorption

Chemical Evolution of the System Calcite–Gypsum–Water

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. L. Wigley
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Chemical Evolution ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Content ◽  
Calcite Precipitation ◽  
Arbitrary Temperature

The effect of the addition of gypsum to a solution of calcite in water (or the addition of calcite to a solution of gypsum in water) is determined theoretically for arbitrary temperature, carbon dioxide content, and degree of saturation with respect to calcite (or gypsum). The results can be used to study the chemical evolution of waters flowing through alternating gypsum and limestone strata, to predict conditions which will lead to the precipitation of calcite and/or gypsum, and to predict the chemical evolution of evaporating calcite–gypsum solutions. It is shown that under some circumstances, simultaneous gypsum (or calcite) precipitation and calcite (or gypsum) solution may occur. Coprecipitation of gypsum and calcite is found to be unavoidable if a solution is evaporated to dryness, although the initial precipitate will be a single mineral. The methods used and many of the conclusions drawn are applicable to other systems of two or more minerals.

Capillary-based effective stress formulation for predicting shear strength of unsaturated soils

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 2067-2076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marie Konrad ◽  
Marc Lebeau
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Effective Stress ◽  
Unsaturated Soils ◽  
Water Retention ◽  
Adsorbed Water ◽  
Soil Strength ◽  
Liquid Films ◽  
Degree Of Saturation ◽  
Stress Parameter ◽  
Effective Stress Parameter

A number of investigations have shown that the shear strength of unsaturated soils can be defined in terms of effective stress. The difficulty in this approach lies in quantifying the effective stress parameter, or Bishop’s parameter. Although often set equal to the degree of saturation, it has recently been suggested that the effective stress parameter should be related to an effective degree of saturation, which defines the fraction of water that contributes to soil strength. A problematic element in this approach resides in differentiating the water that contributes to soil strength from that which does not contribute to soil strength. To address this difficulty, the paper uses theoretical considerations and experimental observations to partition the water retention function into capillary and adsorptive components. Given that the thin liquid films of adsorbed water should not contribute to effective stress, the effective stress parameter is solely related to the capillary component of water retention. In sample calculations, this alternative effective stress parameter provided very good agreement with experimental data of shear strength for a variety of soil types.

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