Treatment of high-phosphorus load wastewater by column packed with non-burning compound filler/gravel/ceramsite: evaluation of performance and microorganism community.

Cost-effective and environmental-friendly substrates are essential for the constructed wetlands (CWs). In this study, the column test was used to explore the differences in pollutant purification performance, microbial community structure and abundance between non-burning compound filler and conventional CWs substrates (i.e.

Investigation on the growth mechanism of SiC whiskers during microwave synthesis.

Silicon carbide (SiC) whiskers with different morphologies are fabricated by microwave heating of SiO2-coated coal mineral particles at different temperatures and different holding times in an oxygen-containing environment. The atomic diffusion processes and growth mechanism of the SiC whiskers are simulated. It is found that a closed capsule of SiO2 appears during microwave heating, within which the SiC whiskers are formed.