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Sustainable Utilization of Primary and Secondary Raw Materials

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 7327

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Dr. Akira Otsuki

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Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Diagonal Las Torres 2640, Peñalolén 7941169, Santiago, Chile
Interests: mineral processing; recycling; colloid and interface science
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to provide an excellent forum for scientists and engineers to share and discuss their pioneering/original findings or insightful reviews on the sustainable utilization of primary and secondary raw materials. Reports on capturing the whole/wide raw material value chain via geometallurgical or process mineralogical approach are particularly encouraged. On the other hand, any kind of contribution under the broad frame work of sustainable utilization is also welcome.

Some potential contributions are listed below under “Keywords”. One of them is the complex ore/waste beneficiation via the development of a new characterization method and/or process intensification. For example, a proper characterization of complex/heterogeneous materials is still a challenging task, since the majority of characterization methods analyze either the average characteristics of the whole material or a narrow area of specific interest [1,2]. On the other hand, the efficient beneficiation of complex ore/waste strongly supported by their characterization has been in high demand in view of economic and environmental concerns [1].

Dr. Akira Otsuki
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[1] Otsuki, A.; Chen, Y.; Zhao, Y. Characterisation and beneficiation of complex ores for sustainable use of mineral resources: Refractory gold ore beneficiation as an example. Int. J. Soc. Mat. Eng. Res. 2014, 20, 126–135.

[2] Otsuki, A.; Bryant, G. Characterization of the interactions within fine particle mixtures in highly concentrated suspensions for advanced particle processing. Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2015, 226, 37–43.

Keywords

  • Geometallurgy/process mineralogy
  • Complex ore/waste
  • Characterization
  • Process intensification
  • Environmental/economic evaluation

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Palladium Nanocatalysts on Hydroxyapatite: Green Oxidation of Alcohols and Reduction of Nitroarenes in Water
by Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr, Samaneh Mahmoudi-Gom Yek, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, Aejung Kim and Rajender S. Varma
Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(19), 4183; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app9194183 - 07 Oct 2019
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A green procedure is described for supporting Pd nanoparticles on hydroxyapatite (HAP), which serves as a highly-stable heterogeneous catalyst displaying excellent activity for the aqueous expeditious reduction of nitroaromatics to the corresponding amines with sodium borohydride, and oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols [...] Read more.
A green procedure is described for supporting Pd nanoparticles on hydroxyapatite (HAP), which serves as a highly-stable heterogeneous catalyst displaying excellent activity for the aqueous expeditious reduction of nitroaromatics to the corresponding amines with sodium borohydride, and oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols by hydrogen peroxide with high yields and selectivities. The structural features of the prepared catalyst are confirmed by latest techniques including field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The reusability of the heterogeneous catalyst was affirmed in the aqueous reduction of nitrobenzene and oxidation of cycloheptanol for six consecutive runs without significant loss of catalytic activity. Full article
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Mineralogical and Geochemical Constraints of the REE Accumulation in the Almásfüzitő Red Mud Depository in Northwest Hungary
by Tivadar M. Tóth, Félix Schubert, Béla Raucsik and Krisztián Fintor
Appl. Sci. 2019, 9(18), 3654; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app9183654 - 04 Sep 2019
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Detailed mineralogical and geochemical study of red mud samples from Hungary suggests geological and geochemical processes that determine the spatial distribution of certain elements inside the red mud pitfalls. The major processes are the following: (1) Heavy mineral grains (anatase, rutile, titanomagnetite, etc.) [...] Read more.
Detailed mineralogical and geochemical study of red mud samples from Hungary suggests geological and geochemical processes that determine the spatial distribution of certain elements inside the red mud pitfalls. The major processes are the following: (1) Heavy mineral grains (anatase, rutile, titanomagnetite, etc.) tend to subside due to gravitational differentiation and at present accumulate in the deepest horizons of the pitfalls. (2) Kaolinite reacts to cancrinite under hyperalkaline conditions. (3) Due to diagenetic processes, goethite-cancrinite aggregates form in situ. (4) Light mineral grains (e.g., cancrinite) move upward. (5) Cancrinite transforms to calcite at the shallowest horizons, due probably to the reaction with atmospheric CO2. All these processes have a significant role in accumulation tendencies of different groups of elements inside the pitfalls. The behaviour of chalcophile elements and the HFSE elements follow common geochemical rules and remind features of the host bauxite or even its precursor igneous or metamorphic lithologies. The REEs and Sc are possibly adsorbed on goethite and in the channels of cancrinite. Based on linear mixing model calculations, the major container of these elements is cancrinite. The proportion of the REEs and Sc in the Ti-phases, carbonates, phosphates, zircon, etc. is subordinate relative to the amount accumulated by goethite and cancrinite. Full article
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