Biological sulfur oxidation is a unique character of SOB through which they
oxidize S or S compounds and produce sulfuric acid.
Superoxide can either
oxidize or reduce (donate an electron to) another molecule, and can create hydrogen peroxide.
As it enters each pocket, the fluid
oxidizes and decomposes in the process, using up the existing air and creating heat.
Compared to petroleum-based fluids, vegetable oils thicken too much at temperature extremes because they
oxidize readily.
"It appears the muscle tissue of older people is not able to -- or prefers not to --
oxidize fat as a fuel."
Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (Mexico) and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico) have patented a method of removing thiophenic and organosulfide compounds from a fossil fuel comprising the steps of contacting the fossil fuel with hemoproteins, which
oxidize the sulfur containing compounds to sulfoxides and sulfones in a reaction system containing organic solvent or not, and followed by a distillation step in which sulfoxides and sulfones are removed from the fuel.
"At about 1 percent oxygen, the groundwater became strongly oxidized, making it possible for groundwater seeping through rocks to
oxidize organic materials," Kump added.
Says Gutowski, "When you
oxidize the surface you actually convert some elements of the plastic into chemically receptive sites, such as hydroxyl [OH] or carboxyl [COOH] groups.
Since air, water vapor and other core gases normally are highly oxidizing to liquid metal, a bubble of any of these gases will react aggressively and
oxidize the metal as it progresses.
In this case, ozone and several other compounds carried in that air appear to directly
oxidize elemental mercury.
This post-combustion lance is best located above the existing O lance and low in the furnace to allow for more residence time for the CO to
oxidize into [CO.sub.2] and transfer the energy into the bath and not the furnace roof or ducts.
Then, to accelerate natural processes that might
oxidize the steel, the Florida State scientists created electric potentials between the water and steel.