A critical review of the physicochemical impacts of water chemistry on shale in hydraulic fracturing systems

HJ Khan, E Spielman-Sun, AD Jew… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional hydrocarbon resources involves the sequential
injection of a high-pressure, particle-laden fluid with varying pH's to make commercial …

Effects of pretreatment and solution chemistry on solubility of rice‐straw phytoliths

M Ngoc Nguyen, S Dultz… - Journal of Plant Nutrition …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rice is a Si‐accumulator plant, whereby Si has physio‐chemical functions for plant growth.
Its straw contains high shares of plant silica bodies, so‐called phytoliths, and can, when …

Coaggregation of micro polystyrene particles and suspended minerals under concentrated salt solution: a perspective of terrestrial-to-ocean transfer of microplastics

TTT Vu, DT Nguyen, NTM Nguyen, MN Nguyen - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the colloidal stability of polystyrene microplastics (PSMPs) in the
presence of various mineral colloids. Although PSMPs were highly dispersive, they were …

Sustainable soil amendments for improving the soil quality, yield and nutrient content of Brassica juncea (L.) grown in different agroecological zones of eastern Uttar …

RK Dubey, PK Dubey, PC Abhilash - Soil and Tillage Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainable soil amendments are important for enhancing the yield and nutritional quality of
agricultural produce while reducing the soil carbon efflux. In this backdrop, a two-year field …

Mineral hydrogel from inorganic salts: biocompatible synthesis, all‐in‐one charge storage, and possible implications in the origin of life

B Li, J Liu, F Lyu, Z Deng, B Yi, P Du… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports a novel hydrogel synthesized using only water and the inorganic salts of
FeCl3. 6H2O and (NH4) 6Mo7O24. 4H2O, which offers a stable host for various ions …

Analytical approaches to the speciation of lanthanides at solid-water interfaces

X Tan, X Ren, C Chen, X Wang - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
We review the analysis of lanthanide speciation at solid-water interfaces. We summarize the
various mechanisms of lanthanide interaction with sorbent surfaces, such as surface …

Clay behaviour in suspension is related to the ionicity of clay–cation bonds

A Marchuk, P Rengasamy - Applied Clay Science, 2011 - Elsevier
The behaviour of four clays viz. an illite, a bentonite and two soil clays in relation to their
dispersivity, zeta potential and mean particle size was investigated to test the hypothesis that …

Phytolith content in Vietnamese paddy soils in relation to soil properties

MN Nguyen, S Dultz, A Meharg, QV Pham, AN Hoang… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding of the fate of phytolith in soils is important because of its role as an
agronomical nutrient resource and for carbon sequestration. Accumulation of phytolith …