- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
An approximate grading test for coarse-grained soils. A flat paper-covered board is inclined at a slope of 1:24. The dry and powdered sample of soil is spread in a thin layer across the top of the board. The board is tapped sharply and repeatedly. The soil will travel down the board, the largest particles traveling faster and further than the smaller ones. Dependent on the degree in which the soil spreads out, a grading can be allotted to the soil.
Industry:Mining
An approximate measure of the aromatic content of a mixture of hydrocarbons. It is defined as the lowest temperature at which an oil is completely miscible with an equal volume of aniline.
Industry:Mining
An apron pan that is made with a hinge construction along each edge so that it may be joined to companion pans by a hinge pin or through a rod.
Industry:Mining
An aqueous solution of mercuric barium iodide with a density of 3.5 g/cm<sub>3</sub>; used for separating minerals by density.
Industry:Mining
An aqueous solution of mercuric barium iodide; clear, yellow liquid; very refractive; sp. gr., 3.5. Used in separating minerals by their specific gravity and in microchemical detection of alkaloids.
Industry:Mining
An arbitrary chronologic arrangement or sequence of geologic events, used as a measure of the relative or absolute duration or age of any part of geologic time, and usually presented in the form of a chart showing the names of the various rock-stratigraphic, time-stratigraphic, or geologic-time units, as currently understood; e.g., the geologic time scales published by Harland et al. (1982), Odin (1982), Palmer (1983), and Salvador (1985).
Industry:Mining
An arbitrary chronologic arrangement or sequence of geologic events, used as a measure of the relative or absolute duration or age of any part of geologic time, and usually presented in the form of a chart showing the names of the various rock-stratigraphic, time-stratigraphic, or geologic-time units, as currently understood; e.g., the geologic time scales published by Harland et al. (1982), Odin (1982), Palmer (1983), and Salvador (1985).
Industry:Mining
An arbitrary reference sphere drawn about the hypocenter or focus of an earthquake, to which body waves recorded at the Earth's surface are projected for studies of earthquake mechanisms.
Industry:Mining
