In the study of the inversion of soil multi-species heavy metal element concentrations using hyperspectral techniques, the selection of feature bands is very important. However, interactions among soil elements can lead to redundancy and instability of spectral features. In this study, heavy metal elements (Pb, Zn, Mn, and As) in entisols around a mining area in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, were studied.
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October 2023
β-Arbutin is a plant-derived glycoside and widely used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries because of its safe and effective skin-lightening property as well as anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, and anti-inflammatory activities. In recent years, microbial fermentation has become a highly promising method for the production of β-arbutin. However, this method suffers from low titer and low yield, which has become the bottleneck for its widely industrial application.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiodiesel production has increased significantly in recent years, leading to an increase in the production of crude glycerol. In this study, a novel growth-coupled erythrose 4-phosphate (E4P) formation strategy that can be used to produce high levels of β-arbutin using engineered Escherichia coli and glycerol as the carbon source was developed. In the strategy, E4P formation was coupled with cell growth, and a growth-driving force made the E4P formation efficient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs a technique capable of rapid, nondestructive, and multi-elemental analysis, portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) has applications to mineral exploration, environmental evaluation, and archaeological analysis. However, few applications have been conducted in the smelting industry especially when analyzing the metal concentration in ore concentrate samples. This research analyzed the effectiveness of using pXRF in determining the metal concentration in Fe concentrate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this research, the effectiveness of using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF), with the help of waterproof film, to determine the concentration of the heavy metals Cu and Pb in polluted water was assessed through indoor and field studies. The effects of the thickness of the film and the distance between the instrument and sample were also evaluated. The penetration depth of X-rays in water was found to be between 2 mm and 4 mm, and a water sample of at least 4 mm in depth was thus suggested.
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