Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the M9 High-Sulfur Coal from the Renjiazhuang Mining District, China.

According to coal lithotypes, the bottom, parting, roof, and 15 coal samples were collected by finely partitioning the M9 seam from the Renjiazhuang Mining District, Ningxia, China. Conventional chemical analysis, optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, X-ray diffractometry, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and atomic absorption spectrophotometry techniques were used on these samples to research the vertical variation between geochemistry and mineralogy in the high-sulfur coal. The weighted average content of total sulfur calculated from 15 coal samples is 3.07%, which belongs to the high-sulfur coal. However, the contents of morphological sulfur of 15 piles are significantly different: the contents of pyritic and organic sulfur are observed to range from 0.02 to 1.55% and from 1.88 to 3.91%. The results show that these differences are mainly controlled by marine conditions and the contents of organic matter and kaolinite. The mineralogy of the M9 coal is dominated by kaolinite, followed by dolomite, and it also contains minor amounts of illite, feldspar, pyrite, siderite, hematite, chalcopyrite, calcite, and marcasite. Moreover, pyrite is the main sulfide in coal, and agglomerated chalcopyrite and granular galena are partially visible. The forms of pyrite include fine-grained, spherical, irregular block-shaped, and clumps. Trace elements are mainly carried by pyrite and ash so that physical coal cleaning can be applied to partially remove them, while thalassophile elements Na, Ca, and Mg are closely related to organic sulfur, indicating that the coal blending can be used to decrease their contents.

[Preparation and identification of polyclonal antibody to serotype I Mareks disease virus sorf2 protein].

OBJECTIVE: To obtain mice and rabbit polyclonal antibody of serotype I Marek's disease virus (MDV) sorf2 protein with higher titer and to identify the specificity. METHODS: Using serotype I MDV GX0101 as template, we amplified sorf2 gene and then cloned it into pET-28a (+) and pET-32a (+) respectively. The recombinant plasmid pET-28a-sorf2 and pET-32a-sorf2 was separately transformed into Escherichia coli BL21 (Rosetta) competent cell which was induced with isopropylthio-beta-D-galactoside (IPTG). After purification, immuned 6-8 Balb/c mice and adult New Zealand white rabbit with the purified fusion protein and the anti-sorf2 polyclonal antibody were prepared. The specificity of the serum was detected by Western blot and the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) method. RESULTS: Serotype I MDV sorf2 protein was expressed successfully in the recombinant E coli. Mice and rabbit anti-sorf2 polyclonal antibody with higher titer could react with sorf2 protein specifically. CONCLUSION: The prepared anti-sorf2 polyclonal antibody could identify MDV sorf2 gene deletion strain specifically. In addition, it could be used for differential of MDV vaccine poison HVT and serotype I MDV, which was useful for the separation and identification of clinical MDV.