Natural aggregates

Natural aggregates derived from natural deposits are known as gravels, sand-gravels or natural sand. They can be found in a slightly consolidated form in old streambeds or stream banks, in plateaus created during the postglacial era and in estuaries of rivers, streams 

Natural deposit materials are termed loose . Thus, they are extracted with the aid of an excavator or even a strong loader. 

Natural deposit aggregates are mixtures of various rocks, the majority of which are mainly limestones, sandstones and granites. Because of their particular composition, crushed gravels have better mechanical properties than limestone rocks. For this reason, they should be preferred to limestones for wearing courses, when there is a lack of harder rocks. 

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Once the comminution process is completed, the succeeding operations in mineral processing are taken over by what is known as separation. Regardless of the method or methods used, the aim is always the same-to take a natural aggregate of minerals (an ore) and separate it into two or more mineral products. In general, the products of separation are (i) the concentrate which contains the valuable minerals and (ii) the tailings which contain primarily materials of little or no value. It may be borne in mind that minerals have been liberated, either by grinding or by chemical means, must usually be sized prior to... 

There is some evidence that nickel slag can be involved in the corrosion of iron and steel in the presence of moisture (probably galvanic corrosion). In Canada, where nickel slag is used in fill applications, it is common practice to provide a layer [typically 150 mm (6 in.) thick] of natural aggregate between ferrous materials and the slag.21... 

With hydraulic residence times ranging from months to years, lakes are efficient settling basins for particles. Lacustrine sediments are sinks for nutrients and for pollutants such as heavy metals and synthetic organic compounds that associate with settling particles. Natural aggregation (coagulation) increases particle sizes and thus particle settling velocities (Eq. 7.1) and accelerates particle removal to the bottom sediments and decreases particle concentrations in the water column. 

Staunton S, Nye PH. 1983. The self-diffusion of sodium in a naturally aggregated soil. 

Why are membranes so important to cells Besides their obvious importance in enclosing and defining the limits of cells, membranes are the result of a natural aggregation of amphipathic molecules. They also represent a natural arrangement for boundaries between different aqueous phases within a cell. In addition, membranes are the "habitat" for many relatively nonpolar molecules formed by metabolism. These include proteins with hydrophobic surfaces and... 

Coagulation-Precipitation The nature of an industrial wastewater is often such that conventional physical treatment methods will not provide an adequate level of treatment. Particularly, ordinary settling or flotation processes will not remove ultrafine colloidal particles and metal ions. In these instances, natural stabilizing forces (such as electrostatic repulsion and physical separation) predominate over the natural aggregating forces and mechanisms, namely, van der Waals forces and Brownian motion, which tend to cause particle contact. Therefore, to adequately treat such particles in industrial wastewaters, coagulation-precipitation may be warranted. 

Ageing is an important issue for sample storage. Huber (unpublished) reported an increase in molar mass and unsaturated structures (measured by an increased UV/DOC ratio) of a diluted humic rich lake sample on storage for two weeks. However, this could also indicate a natural aggregation process (as described in further detail in section 2.5.9). 

Chemical studies have yielded results that are in harmony with the ideas expressed above. These have involved the use of oxidizing agents, chiefly sodium periodate, for the destruction of polysaccharides in soils. In such studies, any decrease in aggregate stability following periodate treatment should be a measure of the contribution of polysaccharides to this stability. From such work Mehta et al. (1960) concluded that polysaccharides are not the sole agents responsible for natural aggregation. Greenland et al. (1962) in similar... 

Processed ash that is screened to less than 19 mm with ferrous and nonferrous metal removal can be introduced to replace anywhere from 10-25% of the natural aggregate normally present in the mix for surface course applications and up to 50% for base course applications... 

The mass fractal dimension gives a quantitative description of the spatial mass repartition within an aggregate, a higher fractal dimension being representative of more compact structures. Table 4.1 presents some fractal dimensions for some computer-generated and natural aggregates. The mass fractal dimension usually... 

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