Ice nucleation on microcline (001) in the absence of active sites [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOf the many different ice-nucleating mineral particles, dust from feldspar mineral microcline stands out as being particularly active. However, why microcline outperforms other particles remains a puzzle.
Florian Schneider +7 more
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Rubidian microcline from Red Cross Lake, northeastern Manitoba [PDF]
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 1985 Dark grey, slightly perthitic and grid-twinned to non-perthitic and Baveno-twinned, near-maximum rubidian microcline occurs in sheared dikes of pollucite-bearing pegmatites at Red Cross Lake, northeastern Manitoba.
P. Černý, H. Pentinghaus, J.J. Macek
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Optimization of alumina leaching from microcline using particle swarm optimization and response surface methodology [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAlumina has found wide application in technological and engineering fields. However, due to the environmental effects of the traditional Bayer process of production, there is a need for a more eco-friendly and cost-effective procedure.
Ikechukwu A. Nnanwube +7 more
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Petrology, geochemistry, source and tectonic setting of Malek Chah Ruii granitoid (East of Lut Block) [PDF]
پترولوژی, 2021 The Malek Chah Rouii granitoid pluton is exposed within the Deh-Salm metamorphic complex in the eastern margin of the Lut zone. The studied granitoid with peraluminous and calc-alkaline nature is composed of tonalite, granodiorite, and granite (monzo ...
Abadullah Toulabi Nejad +4 more
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Amazonite in Pakistan: A Comprehensive Study with XRD, XPS, SEM, and PL Analyses
Cumhuriyet Science Journal, 2023 Although amazonite minerals from various locations have been studied before rather less attention has been paid to the amazonite mineral from Pakistan. The present work is presented an extensive structural characterization of natural amazonite aliquots ...
Eren Cihan Karsu Asal
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The Urmia playa as a source of airborne dust and ice-nucleating particles – Part 2: Unraveling the relationship between soil dust composition and ice nucleation activity [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 Ice-nucleating particles (INPs) originating from deserts, semi-arid regions, and dried lakebeds may cause heterogeneous ice nucleation, impacting cloud properties.
N. Hamzehpour +5 more
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地质科技通报, 2022 Granitic pegmatite is an important source of rare metal minerals, but its mineralization characteristics need to be further studied. This study conducted a combined field geological, indoor microscopic and major-trace elemental investigation on the ...
Weipeng Zhu +4 more
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The impact of (bio-)organic substances on the ice nucleation activity of the K-feldspar microcline in aqueous solutions [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 Potassium feldspars (K-feldspars), such as microcline, are considered key dust minerals inciting ice nucleation in mixed-phase clouds. Besides the high ice nucleation activity of microcline, recent studies also revealed a high sensitivity of microcline ...
K. Klumpp, C. Marcolli, T. Peter
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In Situ Growth of Transition Metal Nanoparticles on Aluminosilicate Minerals for Oxygen Evolution
Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 2021 Earth‐abundant and environmentally friendly aluminosilicate minerals can be one of the promising alternatives to develop cost‐effective energy conversion and storage devices.
Jun Mei +5 more
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Rubidium-rich feldspars and associated minerals from the Luolamäki pegmatite, Somero, Finland [PDF]
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 1998 Rubidium feldspar occurs near the core zone of the highly fractionated petalite-subtype Luolamäki granitic pegmatite in intimate intergrowth with other feldspars which are part of a characteristic sequence of alteration of pollucite.
D.K. Teertstra +2 more
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