Simulation of adsorption of gold nanoparticles carried by gas ascending from the Earth's interior in alluvial cover of the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Geofluids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Cao, J J ^a   Hu, X Y ^a   Jiang, Z T ^a   Li, H W ^a   Zou, X Z ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Alluvium; Gas; Gold nanoparticles; Simulation experiment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOETHITE; GOLD; HALLOYSITE; HEMATITE; KAOLINITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTICLE MOTION;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77955753401     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2010.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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