A hydrothermal-sedimentary context for the origin of life

F Westall, K Hickman-Lewis, N Hinman, P Gautret… - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Critical to the origin of life are the ingredients of life, of course, but also the physical and
chemical conditions in which prebiotic chemical reactions can take place. These factors …

Convenient conversion of hazardous nitrobenzene derivatives to aniline analogues by Ag nanoparticles, stabilized on a naturally magnetic pumice/chitosan substrate

R Taheri-Ledari, SS Mirmohammadi, K Valadi… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), as an effective catalyst for the reduction process of
nitrobenzene derivatives to non-hazardous and useful aniline derivatives, are conveniently …

Heterogeneous catalytic degradation of cyanide using copper-impregnated pumice and hydrogen peroxide

M Kitis, E Karakaya, NO Yigit, G Civelekoglu, A Akcil - Water Research, 2005 - Elsevier
The main objective of this research was to investigate the oxidative destruction of free
cyanide with hydrogen peroxide and copper-impregnated pumice as a heterogeneous …

Pumice as a remarkable substrate for the origin of life

MD Brasier, R Matthewman, S McMahon, D Wacey - Astrobiology, 2011 - liebertpub.com
The context for the emergence of life on Earth sometime prior to 3.5 billion years ago is
almost as big a puzzle as the definition of life itself. Hitherto, the problem has largely been …

Fabrication of novel magnetic ZnO hollow spheres/pumice nanocomposites for photodegradation of Rhodamine B under visible light irradiation

S Parvaz, M Rabbani, R Rahimi - Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the synthesis of ZnO hollow spheres-pumice nanocomposite
via a hydrothermal method by employing pumice as the magnetic support. The …

High performance heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production from vegetal and waste oil at low temperature

ME Borges, L Díaz, MC Alvarez-Galván… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2011 - Elsevier
A natural porous silica, pumice, was studied as heterogeneous catalyst in the
transesterification reaction of sunflower oil and frying oil with methanol for biodiesel …

Set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and associated methods

LE Brothers, TJ Pisklak - US Patent 8,851,173, 2014 - Google Patents
3. R: 398 R E. Arias et al. A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, includ
7,086.466 B2 8, 2006 E. al. ing, in one embodiment, a method of cementing in a Subter …

Lost circulation treatment fluids comprising pumice and associated methods

BJ Iverson, TJ Pisklak, RG Morgan, K Agapiou… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(51) Int. Cl. Disclosed are lost circulation treatment fluids and methods C09K 8/487(2006.01)
of sealing lost circulation Zones. Embodiments include a E2IB 33/13(2006.01) method of …

In situ transesterification of Chlorella sp. microalgae using LiOH-pumice catalyst

MDG de Luna, LMT Doliente, AL Ido… - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae has gained substantial attention as a promising feedstock for producing
biodiesel. In situ transesterification using a heterogeneous catalyst renders the conversion …

Plugging and abandoning a well using a set-delayed cement composition comprising pumice

HC Ballew, TJ Pisklak, K Agapiou, PJ Boul… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement
compositions in Subterranean for mations. In one embodiment a method of plugging a …