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The method of superposition of configurations as well as the method of different orbitals for different spins belong within the framework of the one-electron scheme, but, as soon as one introduces the interelectronic distance rijt a two-electron element has been accepted in the theory. In treating the covalent chemical bond and other properties related to electron pairs, it may actually seem more natural to consider two-electron functions as the fundamental building stones of the total wave function, and such a two-electron scheme has also been successfully developed (Hurley, Lennard-Jones, and Pople 1953, Schmid 1953). 

Some of the Group IA and IIA metals are found in nature in the form of carbonates, silicates, nitrates, and phosphates. For example, calcium carbonate is one of the most important naturally occurring compounds, and it is found in several forms. The most common form of calcium carbonate is limestone, which is used extensively as a building stone as well as the source of lime. Other forms include chalk, calcite, aragonite, Iceland spar, marble, and onyx. Many other materials such as egg shells, coral, pearls, and seashells are composed predominantly of calcium carbonate. Thus, it is one of the most widely occurring compounds in nature. 

The ancients had speculated about the nature of matter and had written of atoms. But their atoms were not the building stones of the Manchester schoolmaster. Dalton s little figures were realities too small to be seen. He has left in his writings and charts evidences that they were, to him, concrete particles. He was not trammelled with mathematical acumen, experi-... 

The basic principle embodied in the table of strata that Smith dictated to his ecclesiastic associates in June 1799 has come to be known as the principle of faunal (and floral) succession (see discussions in Berry, 1968 and 1987 and in Kleinpell, 1979). Smith used that principle to predict what rock layers and the fossils they contained lay unseen underground in his everyday work. Smith realized that as searches were carried out for more coal and other natural resources— e.g, ores, building stones, sand and gravel, etc.— the principle would be invaluable in finding what lies underneath the surface of the earth. 

Keywords silicone resin network, masonry protection, building material, natural stone impregnation, silicone coating of mineral substrates, structure-effect principle of trifunctional silicones... 

The microstructure of hi ly porous paints/building materials/natural building stone necessitates... 

Use Building stone, metallurgy (flux), manufacture of lime, source of carbon dioxide, agriculture, road ballast, cement (Portland and natural), alkali manufacture, removal of sulfur dioxide from stack gases and sulfur from coal. 

R. J. Schaffer, The weathering of natural building stone, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Special Report 18. HMSO, London, 1932. 

Travertine is composed of calcite deposited by chemical precipitation from natural hot-water springs. It has a characteristic banded appearance and is used as a decorative building stone. 

The common masonry materials include such natural building stones as limestones, marbles, sandstones, basalt and granites, as well as such artificial materials as brick, concrete, mortar and terra-cotta. All of these materials are composed primarily of carbonate and silicate minerals. The grains of quartz (Si02) in sandstone may be bonded together with calcite (CaC03), while the last is an essential constituent of limestone and marble and, to a lesser extent, of the lime-mortar. Natural silicate minerals compose basalt, granite, and porphyries, and complex silicates are formed in the process of fabrication of concrete and terra-cotta. The decomposition of the masonry materials may thus be considered in terms of attack of atmospheric CO2 and SO2 on calcite and the silicate minerals. 

Anon. 1983. The Selection of Natural Building Stone. Digest 260, Building Research Establishment, Her Majesty s Stationery Office, London. 

Torok, A. 2006. Influence of fabric on the physical properties of 1 mestones. In Kourkoulis SK, editor. Fracture failure of natural building stones. Applications in the restoration of ancient monuments. Dordrecht Springer-Verlag p. 487-97. 

A number of factors influence salt crystallization decay porous building stones, including (1) environmental controls (2) the nature of the... 

Economic geology is the study of the origin and distribution of mineral deposits of metals, other useful materials (such as building stone and salt), and fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, and coal). The economic geologist explores for these materials, predicts the mineral reserves of known deposits, and assesses the economics for the extraction of the ore. For instance, for an iron ore deposit, the geologist needs to assess the kinds and amount of iron minerals present, the depth of the deposit, the location of the deposit, and the ownership of the land so that estimates for the possibility of mining the iron ore profitably may be made. 

Many salts occur in nature, and some are used as industrial raw materials. Examples are sodium chloride, NaCl (a source of CI2 and NaOH) calcium carbonate or limestone, CaC03 (a source of cement and building stone) and calcium phosphate or rock phosphate, Ca3(P04)2 (a source of fertilizer). In the laboratory, salts can be prepared by reacting a solution of an appropriate acid with a metal, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, a metal carbonate, or a metal bicarbonate. These reactions, given earlier as examples of acid properties (Equations 9.19, 9.13, 9.14,9.15, 9.16), are given below in a general form ... 

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