Chemical binding, resources

For gas targets (atomic and molecular) the theory yields quite reasonable predictions of proton stopping cross sections as compared with experiment. Moreover, since chemical binding effects are naturally incorporated in the theory, the construction of tables of the velocity-dependence of CAB contributions to 5 for different compounds allows - once and for all - the estimate of 5 for protons in materials with similar CAB components without resource to Bragg s additivity rule. 

Mineral carbonation is a new and, consequently, less studied method of sequestration. Mineral resources are plentiful for storing all the carbon that could ever be released in the consumption of fossil fuels. This sequestration process offers a safe and permanent method of C02 disposal, since there is almost no possibility of accidental release of C02 from the disposal site as C02 is chemically incorporated into the mineral and immobilized. Furthermore, the reactions that bind C02 to the mineral are exothermic in nature leading to the formation of thermodynamically stable carbonate forms (IPCC, 2005). 

Figure 6.6. Relibase home page. Relibase provides resources for searching/retrieving structures, binding sites of receptor proteins, and chemical diagram of ligands. All nonprotein moieties (except water) in the PDB complexes are considered as ligands.

The cheaper, polluting chemical is used, with no production of the more expensive, cleaner chemical. The steady-state levels of use of the two chemicals are 0 andy = 0. The steady-state stock of unpolluted resource is S = S, i.e. the MAC constraint is binding. ... 

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