Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae (/ˌbræsɪˈkeɪsii/) or Cruciferae (/kruːˈsɪfəri/) the mustard family of flowering plants (order Brassicales), composed of 338 genera and some 3,700 species. This is a genus…
Merenskyite: Properties and Occurrences

Merenskyite: Properties and Occurrences

Merenskyite is a rare telluride / bismuthinide mineral with formula: (Pd, Pt)(Te, Bi)2. It is a trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal white mineral containing bismuth, palladium, platinum, and…
Hot Working

Hot Working

Hot-working improves the engineering properties of the workpiece because it replaces the microstructure with one that has fine spherical shaped grains. Hot working process metals…
Valencia, Spain

Valencia, Spain

Valencia (Spanish: baˈlenθja), officially València (Valencian: vaˈlensia), is one of Spain’s largest and most famous towns/city. It is the capital of both the province of…
Pelletizing

Pelletizing

Pellets are manufactured in the pelletizing plant from an iron ore concentrate. Pelletizing is a method of agglomeration, or particle size enlargement, in which material…
Iron-oxidizing Bacteria

Iron-oxidizing Bacteria

Iron-oxidizing bacteria are chemotrophic bacteria that derive the energy they need to live and multiply by oxidizing dissolved ferrous iron. These bacteria catalyze the oxidation of…
Carbon dioxide Removal

Carbon dioxide Removal

Cutting carbon pollution is essential for slowing global warming. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), also known as greenhouse gas removal, usually refers to human-driven methods of…
Erucic Acid

Erucic Acid

Erucic acid also is known as cis-13-Docosenoic acid, is a monounsaturated very-long-chain fatty acid with a 22-carbon backbone and a single double bond originating from…
Carbon Dioxide Scrubber

Carbon Dioxide Scrubber

Carbon dioxide Scrubber removes carbon dioxide from the air. A carbon dioxide scrubber is a piece of equipment that absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2). It is…
Blue Carbon

Blue Carbon

Blue carbon is the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems. It is the term for carbon captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems.…
Study of Soil Ecology

Study of Soil Ecology

Soil is a vast reservoir for a wide diversity of organisms. Soil ecology is the study of how soil organisms interact with other organisms and…
Polyesters

Polyesters

Polyester is a category of synthetic polymers that consisted of multiple chemical repeating units connected by groups of esters (CO-O). As a selected material, it…
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