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Biological Oxidation Of Copper Sulfide Minerals, Delmar Boyd Davis Dec 1953

Biological Oxidation Of Copper Sulfide Minerals, Delmar Boyd Davis

Theses and Dissertations

This work represents a study of the biological oxidation of copper sulfide minerals. The principal objective of the study was to determine the extent of bacterial oxidation on copper containing sulfide minerals. It was also desired to determine if the bacteria could oxidize copper sulfides in the absence of iron. A better understanding of the nitrogen requirements of the organisms was desired. Minerals used in this study were Bingham Canyon Float Concentrate, chalcopyrite, covellite, calcocite, bornite, tetrahedrite, and reagent grade copper sulfide. The bacteria used were obtained from the mine waters of Bingham Canyon, Utah. To study the problem the …


Mechanism Of Adsorption Of Cations By Silicate Minerals, Milton Glen Armstrong Aug 1953

Mechanism Of Adsorption Of Cations By Silicate Minerals, Milton Glen Armstrong

Theses and Dissertations

Adsorption of cations by clays has been a subject of investigation for many years. Many proposals have been advanced to explain this process of adsorption. Two proposals have been prominent in recent years. The Marshall "charged lattice" theory attributes adsorption of cations by clays to an electrostatic attration of the clay particles for cations. This charge on the clay particles is attributed to various isomorphic substitutions in the lattice of the clay which result in an unbalanced charge on the particle. This isomorphic substitution can take place either in the silicon-oxygen tetrahedra of the silicate structure or with the aluminum …


Collector-Depressant Equilibria In The Selective Flotation Of Sulfide Ores, Heber Ross Olson Jul 1953

Collector-Depressant Equilibria In The Selective Flotation Of Sulfide Ores, Heber Ross Olson

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation presents the results of a collector - depressant equilibria study of the flotation systems potassium n-amyl xanthate - sodium cyanide - molybdenite and ethyl zanthate sodium sulfide - molybdenite and the study of conditions necessary for the selective flotation of covellite, tetra-hedrite, bornite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, marcasite and pyrite in the system ethyl xanthate and sodium cyanide; the conditions necessary for the selective flotation of pyrite, covellite, bornite, galena, chalcopyrite, active sphalerite, and molybdenite in the system potassium ethyl xanthate and sodium sulfide; the conditions necessary for the selective flotation of molybdenite and pyrite in the system of potassium …


Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra Of Quinoxaline And Some Of Its Derivatives, Fred Dale Huillet Jan 1953

Ultraviolet Absorption Spectra Of Quinoxaline And Some Of Its Derivatives, Fred Dale Huillet

Theses and Dissertations

A long term research program into the chemistry of quinoxalines has been instituted at Brigham Young University with the aim of preparing the vinylquinoxalines so that their 1,4-addition reactions might be studied. The literature of quinoxaline chemistry has been thoroughly reviewed and assembled. Methods of preparing 2-methyl- and 2,3-dimethylquinoxaline have been studied and improved but all attempts to prepare the vinylquinoxalines have been unsuccessful. In the course of these attempts several compounds of unknown structure were prepared. The purpose of this investigation is to study the spectra of various known quinoxaline derivatives and to attempt to identify the unknowns by …