Sentence examples for stable minerals from inspiring English sources

However, these are known to be stable minerals, it is difficult to expect pozzolanic activity from them.

The high-elevation soils (> 900 m asl) contained metastable poorly crystalline materials (e.g. allophane, ferrihydrite) and classified as Andisols, whereas the low-elevation soils (< 300 m asl) contained thermodynamically more stable minerals (e.g. kaolinite, hematite) and classified as Inceptisols.

Confirming the presence of scorodite in the tailings is important in verifying that the tailings preparation process at the MLO can isolate high concentrations of arsenic from the environment in the form of stable minerals.

Calcium silicate hydrates are key components in cement minerals and have been suggested as precursor solids for the growth of stable minerals such as tobermorite and gyrolite [9, 10].

In the system of nickel-iron metal solutions, taenite is the only stable mineral at temperatures above 900 °C (1,650 °F).

In most instances, the deterioration of metal sculpture is due to the reversion of the metal to a more stable mineral state.

On average, quartz a chemically stable mineral particularly common in granites makes up about 12% of Earth's crust.

Moreover, calcite has trigonal system crystal structure, and the carbonate ion appears as equilateral triangle, resulting in stable mineral structures.

As discussed earlier, ferroselite is considered to be a stable mineral formed when reduced Se and Fe concentrations are high relative to sulfide concentrations.

One of the nanomaterials included in the OECD WPMN priority list is titanium dioxide, a chemically stable mineral which exists in several crystalline forms.

To date, observations of stable mineral recrystallization are distributed among several disciplines, and no work has attempted to review their findings comprehensively.