8884cb82-f83c-0f0a-e054-002128a47908 English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-03 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607460 Atomic Force Microscopy images of surface nanobubbles on the rare earth fluorcarbonate mineral synchysite (NERC grant NE/M011429/1) 2019-05-07 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607460 Non -contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) images of surface nanobubbles on the fluorcarbonate mineral synchysite. Synchysite is a rare earth fluorcarbonate mineral which has previously been relatively unstudied. Since nanobubbles were first imaged in 2000, they have been thought to play a intigral role in mineral processing. Images of nanobubbles were produced under collector reagent conditions favourable to flotation. These are the first images of nanobubbles on the fluorcarbonate mineral synchysite. Nanobubbles at the surface of synchysite improve the understanding of both flotation and nanobubble formation. Camilla Owens University of Exeter College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences Harrison Building Exeter EX4 4QF not available pointOfContact Professor F Wall University of Exeter Camborne School of Mines Tremough Campus Penryn TR10 9EZ not available principalInvestigator notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/8884cb82-f83c-0f0a-e054-002128a47908.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Minerals Rare earth minerals Microscopy BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused. Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation 2016-10-01 2016-10-28 Image (TIFF) https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item127665 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Non-contact atomic force microscopy was conducted in collector reagent solution. Nanobubbles were produced using the gas oversaturation method. For more details see Owens et al., (2019) Surface nanobubbles on the rare earth fluorcarbonate mineral synchysite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.