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A new type of polyhalite potassium ore (NTPPO) was found in the Lower Triassic Jialingjiang Formation, NE Sichuan Basin, SW China. It is water soluble, therefore can be exploited using the water-solution method, and is of great potential of economic value and research significance. Based on cores, thin sections, energy spectrum and SEM analyses, its microfeatures, macrofeatures and origin are discussed, and a genetic model is established to provide a scientific basis for future evaluation, prediction and exploration of potassium ore in the Sichuan Basin. It is proposed that the NTPPO was caused by storm activities: (1) the storm broke the original sedimentary polyhalite–gypsum beds, whose fragments were transported into the salt basin with high content of K+ and Mg2+; (2) in the basin, the polyhalite continued to be formed from gypsum by metasomatism with K- and Mg-rich brine; (3) during diagenesis, under high temperature and high pressure, K–Mg-rich brine from halite continued to replace anhydrite (or gypsum) to form polyhalite.

An environment-friendly plasticizer, epoxidized corn oil was prepared by the epoxidation of corn oil with peroxyacetic acid which was generated in situ from hydrogen peroxide and glacial acetic using acidic ion exchange resin modified by zinc chloride as catalyst. The product with an epoxy oxygen content of 6.40 w% and a percent conversion to oxirane of 87.67 % was obtained under the following optimized conditions: 15 % modified ion exchange resin feed relative to the weight of corn oil, the molar ratio of 1.7 to 1 with hydrogen peroxide to double bonds, 18% acetic acid feed relative to the weight of corn oil, the reaction time of 5.5 h, the temperature of 75 °C and stirring speed of 600 rpm.

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