Dissipative Structures
Dissipative Structures
Dissipative structures are nonequilibrium thermodynamic systems that generate order spontaneously by exchanging energy with their external environments. Dissipative structures include physical processes (e.g., whirlpools), chemical reactions (e.g., Bénard cell convection), and biological systems (e.g., cells). Chemist and physicist Ilya Prigogine (b. 1917), whose research on dissipative structures has been seminal, found that these structures, when far from equilibrium, can transform small-scale irregularities into large-scale patterns. The most intriguing application of Prigogine's ideas is to the origin of life and biology generally. It is an open question whether the complexity and specificity inherent in biological systems can be reduced to the thermodynamics of dissipative structures.
See also Complexity; Entropy
william a. dembski
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BAUXITE MINING NOT ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 12/23/1996; 700+ words
; ...coal, granite, and kaolin mining, that of bauxite mining seems unattractive to investors. Up...single private investor has been interested in bauxite mining. The low investor interest in bauxite mining is caused by the fact that a project...
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BAUXITE AND ALUMINA
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...States relies on imports for nearly all of the bauxite it consumes. Small amounts of bauxite and bauxitic clays are produced in Alabama...nonmetallurgical uses. Metallurgical-grade (crude dry) bauxite imports in 2007 totaled 9.84 Mt (10.84...
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Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Foreign Investment Review Board Approval For Shandong Bureau A$9.85M Investment
News Wire article from: abnnewswire.net; 6/4/2009; ; 700+ words
; Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU)(PINK...development of its 14,400km(2) Darling Range Bauxite Project after receiving formal approval...holdings into a profitable long-term bauxite production and export business. Chinese...
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First Bauxite Corporation Commissions Met-Chem to Conduct Full Feasibility Study of Bonasika Bauxite Project.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 10/27/2009; 700+ words
; ...VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 27, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- FIRST BAUXITE CORP. ("First Bauxite" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FBX) - First Bauxite is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Met-Chem...
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Bauxite export quota to be publicly sold next year.
Newspaper article from: China Business News; 11/11/2004; 700+ words
; Bauxite export quota to be publicly sold next year Shanghai. November...November 9 that the it will invite export quota bidding in the bauxite sector in 2005 in order to control bauxite export volume. Domestic traders say the move would certainly...
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Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Signs MOU With JFE Shoji Trade Corporation For DSO Bauxite Supply To Asia
News Wire article from: abnnewswire.net; 10/6/2009; ; 503 words
; The Board of Perth-based bauxite explorer and developer, Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU)(PINK:BXRDF) is...with JFE Shoji Trade Corporation ("JFEST") for Bauxite Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) supplies to Asia. The MOU...
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Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) Quarterly Report For The Period Ending 30 September 2009
News Wire article from: abnnewswire.net; 11/2/2009; ; 700+ words
; Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU)(PINK...6 August 2009, with the first load of bauxite fed through the crushing and processing...Mine Plan (PMP) for the North Bindoon bauxite mine. The initial EIL is for the extraction...
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First Bauxite Corporation to Be Featured on CEO Clips Airing on BNN.(Company overview)
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 11/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov 30, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- FIRST BAUXITE CORP. ("First Bauxite" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FBX) - First Bauxite is pleased to announce that CEO Clips, a series of 1-2 minute corporate...
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Commercial Bauxite Shipment To China A Historic First For Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) And Western Australia
News Wire article from: abnnewswire.net; 11/13/2009; ; 700+ words
; Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU)(PINK...shipment of the Company's Darling Range bauxite. This 43,000 ton shipment is the first...ROM) Darling Range low reactive silica bauxite destined for delivery to a major Chinese...
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First Bauxite Corporation and Pacific Road Resources Funds Close Financing and Release $5,000,000 to Fund Pre-Feasibility Study at First Bauxite's Bonasika Mining Licence, Guyana.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 7/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...Jul 24, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- FIRST BAUXITE CORP. ("First Bauxite" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:FBX) - Escrow...Release Financing - Principal Terms of Closing First Bauxite and the Pacific Road Resources Funds (the "Subscribers...
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Bauxite Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Bauxite Industry Bauxite is the only commercially viable ore used as a source material for primary...applications in transportation and packaging. Most of the world ’ s bauxite reserves and production are found in a wide belt around the equator...
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bauxites
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...remaining in situ (lateritic bauxites) or located in karstic areas...and surface waters (karstic bauxites). They are chiefly composed...Three major classes of bauxite are distinguished. (1) Orthobauxites...horizon of a biological origin. Bauxites are good continental indicators...
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bauxite
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...pisolitic , or oolitic . Bauxite results from the tropical weathering...with the alumina hydrates in bauxites and laterites (ferruginous bauxites) include goethite and lepidocrocite...kaolinite and halloysite . Bauxite is the main ore of aluminium...
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Aluminum
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...that is most useful for producing pure aluminum is bauxite. Bauxite consists of 45-60% aluminum oxide, along with various...such as sand, iron, and other metals. Although some bauxite deposits are hard rock, most consist of relatively...
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supergene and residual deposits
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...them to very high levels. Bauxites are ores of aluminium generated by this process. Bauxites form in areas of well...In Jamaica, extensive bauxite deposits are found overlying...thick accumulations of bauxite were formed by the weathering...
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