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Greenhouse Gas Inventory in Thailand
In 1992, in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Thailand’s first inventory of greenhouse gas emissions was... -
Economic Considerations of the Oil Shale and Related Conversion Processes
Economical criteria for the evaluation of oil shales depends on the process of utilisation. For combustion the economic grade oil shale is defined as... -
Resources from the Ocean Floor
The ocean floor contains energy sources (petroleum and gas) and raw materials (sand and gravel, phosphorite, corals and other biogenic carbonates,... -
Experimental measurement of surface temperatures during flame-jet induced thermal spallation
Thermal spallation is a method whereby the surface of a rock is rapidly heated causing small (100–1000 μm) flakes or spalls, to form. When applied to...
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Economic grou** of minerals according to elements
Lithium (Li) does not occur in a free state in nature, nor are its compounds very abundant as minerals. The characteristic mode of occurrence of... -
Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium
The main ore for the production of aluminium metal is bauxite which is refined to produce an oxide, alumina, which in turn is smelted to produce... -
Hydraulic Lime from Marienstein (Bavaria)
The Marienstein lime plant is situated just at the northern borderline of the Alps mountains, quarrying raw material for lime burning from beds of... -
Bulk Densities of Selected Dried Natural and Fired Kaolin Clays
Bulk (lump) densities of 31 kaolins were measured on the clay in the natural or raw state after drying at 100°C and after firing to 1510°C (2700°F)....
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Hydrothermal origin of metals in some East African Rift Lakes
The chemical composition of all Western Rift valley lakes is controlled by emanations of saline and metalliferous hydrothermal solutions. Center of...
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Physical-Chemical Properties and Engineering Performance of Clays
Fabric (texture and structure) and minpralogic composition determine the response of clays and shales to events occurrins during construction and...
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Clay Technology in Ceramics
Clays are used in the ceramics industries largely because of their contribution to the moulding and drying properties of the wares being produced;...
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Iron, Cobalt, Nickel
Iron (Fe) is, next to aluminium, the most widely distributed and abundant metal, constituting about 4–6 per cent of the earth’s crust. It is found...