Bioavailability of heavy metals in soil: impact on microbial biodegradation of organic compounds and possible improvement strategies

AO Olaniran, A Balgobind, B Pillay - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Co-contamination of the environment with toxic chlorinated organic and heavy metal
pollutants is one of the major problems facing industrialized nations today. Heavy metals …

Mercury sequestration in forests and peatlands: a review

DF Grigal - Journal of environmental quality, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly all Hg in vegetation is derived directly from the atmosphere. Mass of Hg in forest
vegetation (roughly 0.1 mg m− 2) is about an order of magnitude smaller than that in the …

A ligand anchored conjugate adsorbent for effective mercury (II) detection and removal from aqueous media

K Abbas, H Znad, MR Awual - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel mesoporous conjugate adsorbent (MCA) was fabricated by directly
anchoring the organic ligand of 2-hydroxyacetophenone-4 N-pyrrolidine …

[图书][B] Soil and water chemistry: an integrative approach

ME Essington - 2015 - books.google.com
The discipline of soil chemistry examines the chemical and mineralogical characteristics of
the soil environment and the chemical processes that distribute matter between the soil …

[图书][B] Barrier systems for waste disposal facilities

JR Booker, R Brachman, RM Quigley, RK Rowe - 2004 - taylorfrancis.com
The protection of groundwater and surface water from contamination by the escape of
contaminant from waste disposal is now an important consideration in many countries of the …

Mechanisms of ciprofloxacin removal by nano-sized magnetite

S Rakshit, D Sarkar, EJ Elzinga, P Punamiya… - Journal of hazardous …, 2013 - Elsevier
An understanding of the interaction mechanisms of antibiotics with environmentally relevant
sorbents is important to determine the environmental fate of antibiotics and to develop …

An investigation of Cu (II) adsorption by raw and acid-activated bentonite: A combined potentiometric, thermodynamic, XRD, IR, DTA study

E Eren, B Afsin - Journal of Hazardous materials, 2008 - Elsevier
Adsorption of Cu (II) by raw bentonite (RB) and acid-activated bentonite (AAB) samples was
investigated as a function of the initial Cu (II) concentration, solution pH, ionic strenght …

Adsorption of toxic mercury (II) by an extracellular biopolymer poly (γ-glutamic acid)

BS Inbaraj, JS Wang, JF Lu, FY Siao, BH Chen - Bioresource Technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Adsorption of mercury (II) by an extracellular biopolymer, poly (γ-glutamic acid)(γ-PGA), was
studied as a function of pH, temperature, agitation time, ionic strength, light and heavy metal …

Removal of copper ions by modified Unye clay, Turkey

E Eren - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper presents the adsorption of Cu (II) from aqueous solution on modified Unye
bentonite. Adsorption of Cu (II) by manganase oxide modified bentonite (MMB) sample was …

Preparation and use of chemically modified MCM-41 and silica gel as selective adsorbents for Hg (II) ions

M Puanngam, F Unob - Journal of hazardous materials, 2008 - Elsevier
Adsorbents for Hg (II) ion extraction were prepared using amorphous silica gel and ordered
MCM-41. Grafting with 2-(3-(2-aminoethylthio) propylthio) ethanamine was used to …