The hydromagnesite deposits of the Atlin area, British Columbia, Canada, and their industrial potential as a fire retardant
Bibliographic record
Abstract
This research examines the potential o( the hydromagnesite deposits at Arlin in British Columbia, Canada, for the mineralfire-retardant market.Mineralfire retardants, such as Mg-and Ca/Mg-carbonates, are environmentally friendly, producing non-toxic and non-corrosive gases during their thermal decomposition.During this research, 70 sediment samples and two bulk samples were collected Fom the study area and analysed.The results showed that the Atlin deposits are composed mostly of hydromagnesite with minor amounts of velY.line-grained,soft and platy magnesite.The general conclusion is that the mineralogical composition of the samples.their hehaviour during thermal decomposition, and their chemical and physical properties, make theln suitable (or use as white fillers for flame-retardants.Additionallji, the whiteness of the samples is sufficient and comparable to other commercial hydromagnesite-bearing rocks.The Atlin reserves of the hydromagnesite ore bodies were overestimated in past literature as 110,000 tons.A more precise calculation of the reserves during a techno economic assessment is required.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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