NMR spectroscopy of inorganic Earth materials

JF Stebbins, X Xue - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) methods are now widely used for studying the
structure and dynamics of solid, inorganic materials, including those central to the Earth …

Influence of wollastonite on hydration and properties of magnesium potassium phosphate cements

B Xu, B Lothenbach, F Winnefeld - Cement and Concrete Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of wollastonite on the hydration and properties of
magnesium potassium phosphate (MKP) cements. In MKP cements some efflorescence can …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of temperature curing on properties and hydration of wollastonite blended magnesium potassium phosphate cements

B Xu, F Winnefeld, B Lothenbach - Cement and Concrete Research, 2021 - Elsevier
K-struvite, the main hydrate of magnesium potassium phosphate (MKP) cements,
dehydrates at~ 50° C, thus elevated temperatures at service conditions could affect cement …

Role of magnesium silicates in wet-kneaded silica–magnesia catalysts for the Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process

SH Chung, C Angelici, SOM Hinterding… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Wet-kneading is a technique commonly used for the synthesis of SiO2–MgO catalysts for the
Lebedev ethanol-to-butadiene process, with catalyst performance known to depend heavily …

Determine the coordination of Al and Si of Fe-rich fly ash: The challenge in NMR and how we probe its heterogeneity using X-ray spectromicroscopy

J Li, K Xu, G Geng, HE Mason - Cement and Concrete Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) coupled with ptychographic imaging at Al
and Si K-edge is a new probe to the microscale chemistry of heterogenous materials. Here …

Solid-state NMR and short-range order in crystalline oxides and silicates: a new tool in paramagnetic resonances

JF Stebbins, RJ McCarty, AC Palke - … Crystallographica Section C …, 2017 - journals.iucr.org
Most applications of high-resolution NMR to questions of short-range order/disorder in
inorganic materials have been made in systems where ions with unpaired electron spins are …

Detecting Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Gas Dwarf Planets with the James Webb Space Telescope

CL Phillips, J Wang, S Kendrew… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Exoplanets with radii between those of Earth and Neptune have stronger surface gravity
than Earth, and can retain a sizable hydrogen-dominated atmosphere. In contrast to gas …

Core–shell structured magnesia–silica as a next generation catalyst for one-step ethanol-to-butadiene Lebedev process

SH Chung, JCN de Miguel, T Li, P Lavrik… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over 70 years, silica–magnesia catalyst prepared by wet-kneading method has been a
benchmark for one-step ethanol-to-butadiene Lebedev process. Recent studies showed that …

Compressibility and thermal expansion of hydrous ringwoodite with 2.5(3) wt% H2O

Y Ye, DA Brown, JR Smyth… - American …, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Ringwoodite (γ-Mg2SiO4) is the stable polymorph of olivine in the transition zone
between 525–660 km depth, and can incorporate weight percent amounts of H2O as …

[HTML][HTML] Setting reaction of a olivine-based Mg-phosphate cement

D Bernasconi, A Viani, L Zárybnická… - Cement and Concrete …, 2024 - Elsevier
The cementitious properties of natural Mg-rich olivine when reacted with a phosphoric acid
solution are investigated, as a function of acid concentration and liquid/solid mass ratio. The …