sinking methods lowering timber
Mining

Mine Shaft Sinking

This paper is one of a series prepared by the Bureau of Mines on shaft sinking methods and costs in various districts throughout the United

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refractory properties stack of kaolinite crystals
Blog

Bauxitic Kaolins Properties

Although there are many potential ceramic uses for kaolinitic materials of the type occurring in the Eufaula district, this investigation has been limited to a

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cathodic protection wenner method for earth-resistivity measurements
Electrometallurgy

Cathodic Protection

Loss of metal and damage to buried metal structures because of corrosive action is, to a large extent, determined by the soil resistivity in the

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Electrometallurgy

Titanium Electrorefining

The development of a fused-salt Titanium Electrorefining technique to recover hyperpurity titanium from offgrade sponge and mill scrap, under investigation by the Federal Bureau of

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electrolytic-separation cell and cathode products
Electrometallurgy

Nickel and Cobalt Electrolytic Separation

Preliminary work on electrolytes of neutral sulfate, neutral chloride, ammoniacal sulfate, and ammoniacal chloride solutions offered little promise for separating cobalt from nickel by the

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Phosphate Rock Fluorine Removal

Numerous patents and references may be found that relate to studies of phosphate-rock defluorination processes. Most of these require sulfuric acid and heat, phosphoric acid

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