The role of clay minerals in determining the behaviour of soil-applied fertilizers is well recognized. Often farmers complain that they don’t get response to adequate fertilizer doses especially ...

With the help of TruPhase, a special characteristic of AZtec software from Oxford Instruments, it is now possible to distinguish between similar crystal phases by collecting EBSD and Energy Dispersive ...

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Abstract The crystallization of some hydrous magmas can be modeled, in part, via the reaction between hydrous melt and anhydrous minerals to yield hydrous minerals. The reactions (herein termed ...

For the first time, scientists have observed how the tiny fungi that live on plant roots begin to break down rocks. The researchers watched fungi disrupt the crystal structure of a common mineral in ...