It's been kind of quiet lately.
Just plodding along in terms of work projects, writing my chapter and so forth.
I ran a session on the XRD today with a sample from a frying pan, where the objective is to determine the substance that is "coating" the pan. One manufacturer claims it is "stone" coated, while the other is called bull. We've been asked to determine what it is, and if it could be classified as "stone" by some definition or other. Not a big project, not an urgent project either.
Last week on Friday I had a meeting with our technical manager in the school and also had a teleconference with someone from Orica who was handling a problem that we might be involved with. They supply a small supply, about several hundred tonnes of nitric acid, at about 50% concentrations or higher for industrial use, a year. This acid is transported in 1 tonne HDPE (high density polyethelene) containers normally that are in circulation and returned when the container is empty. They have been discovering that some of these tanks are turning brittle and no longer holding their properties, which would be a safety concern if one was to break and spill its contents at any stage of its life. The meeting was short, detailed the situation and kind of what they wanted, but we are still waiting for an official written request for a project commissioning before anything happens.
Today, while doing the XRD I also wrote another two pages or so of my book chapter, so it is currently at seven pages total, and it doesn't really seem like a lot, and it isn't, but it is quite stumping to write this kind of stuff, well, at least for me.
Then in the afternoon we had a little meeting (over an hour) with the people from Goro Nickel project as part of wrapping things up. Two of the higher level management level people came along to discuss the situation and examine our experimental materials and ask some questions that they had of their own before parting the school. What was mentioned to us however was that the Goro mine project was experiencing even more diaster having a recent leak of 98% concentrated sulphuric acid during the commissioning of the acid plant. Apparently one of the joints in the system that piped the acid around the plant and site failed, spraying several thousand litres of the acid up into the air and over the preventative measures, and through a natural creek spillway for two minutes before the system automatically shut down. Unfortunately the damage was done since it killed thousands of marine life and pretty much scrubbed the creek clean LOL. ~shakes head~ it's almost like they built the site on an Indian Burial ground or something, though it wouldn't be surprising if they built it on a native New Caledonian burial ground....
So, yeah, that is sort of how my time has been going.
Just plodding along in terms of work projects, writing my chapter and so forth.
I ran a session on the XRD today with a sample from a frying pan, where the objective is to determine the substance that is "coating" the pan. One manufacturer claims it is "stone" coated, while the other is called bull. We've been asked to determine what it is, and if it could be classified as "stone" by some definition or other. Not a big project, not an urgent project either.
Last week on Friday I had a meeting with our technical manager in the school and also had a teleconference with someone from Orica who was handling a problem that we might be involved with. They supply a small supply, about several hundred tonnes of nitric acid, at about 50% concentrations or higher for industrial use, a year. This acid is transported in 1 tonne HDPE (high density polyethelene) containers normally that are in circulation and returned when the container is empty. They have been discovering that some of these tanks are turning brittle and no longer holding their properties, which would be a safety concern if one was to break and spill its contents at any stage of its life. The meeting was short, detailed the situation and kind of what they wanted, but we are still waiting for an official written request for a project commissioning before anything happens.
Today, while doing the XRD I also wrote another two pages or so of my book chapter, so it is currently at seven pages total, and it doesn't really seem like a lot, and it isn't, but it is quite stumping to write this kind of stuff, well, at least for me.
Then in the afternoon we had a little meeting (over an hour) with the people from Goro Nickel project as part of wrapping things up. Two of the higher level management level people came along to discuss the situation and examine our experimental materials and ask some questions that they had of their own before parting the school. What was mentioned to us however was that the Goro mine project was experiencing even more diaster having a recent leak of 98% concentrated sulphuric acid during the commissioning of the acid plant. Apparently one of the joints in the system that piped the acid around the plant and site failed, spraying several thousand litres of the acid up into the air and over the preventative measures, and through a natural creek spillway for two minutes before the system automatically shut down. Unfortunately the damage was done since it killed thousands of marine life and pretty much scrubbed the creek clean LOL. ~shakes head~ it's almost like they built the site on an Indian Burial ground or something, though it wouldn't be surprising if they built it on a native New Caledonian burial ground....
So, yeah, that is sort of how my time has been going.
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