Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Geomicrobiological testing
Patent
1992-10-16
1995-01-31
Wityshyn, Michael G.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Geomicrobiological testing
435 14, 435262, 436 31, 436 25, 436 26, 423 68, C12Q 164, C12Q 154, G01N 3324
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active
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ABSTRACT:
A method of geochemical prospecting where samples of soil, sediment and rock in a geological area are collected and each sample is contacted with a leach solution of water, glucose and glucose oxidase. The oxidase acts upon the glucose to produce gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide. The leach solution reacts with manganese dioxide carrying trace metal elements and compounds in the samples to produce a leach reaction solution. The leach reaction solution and the residue of the said sample are separated, and the leach reaction solution is analyzed to determine the trace metal content present. From the analysis, the mineral content of the geological area is predicted.
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Crandell Ralph F.
Gitomer Ralph
Wityshyn Michael G.
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