Natural organic matter-cations complexation and its impact on water treatment: A critical review

J Adusei-Gyamfi, B Ouddane, L Rietveld, JP Cornard… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The quality and quantity of natural organic matter (NOM) has been observed to evolve which
poses challenges to water treatment facilities. Even though NOM may not be toxic itself, its …

Factors influencing the uptake and speciation transformation of antimony in the soil-plant system, and the redistribution and toxicity of antimony in plants

YM Zhu, JG Yang, LZ Wang, ZT Lin, JX Dai… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antimony (Sb) is not an essential element for humans and plants although it can be used to
treat some human diseases, such as schistosomiasis. Sb contamination has been …

Antimony and arsenic speciation, redox-cycling and contrasting mobility in a mining-impacted river system

SG Johnston, WW Bennett, N Doriean… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Macleay River in eastern Australia is severely impacted by historic stibnite-and
arsenopyrite-rich mine-tailings. We explore the partitioning, speciation, redox-cycling …

Tungsten distribution and vertical migration in soils near a typical abandoned tungsten smelter

H Du, Y Li, D Wan, C Sun, J Sun - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
As an emerging contaminant, tungsten's distribution and speciation in soils are far from
understood. In this study, two soil profiles near a typical abandoned tungsten smelter in …

Insights into the fate of antimony (Sb) in contaminated soils: Ageing influence on Sb mobility, bioavailability, bioaccessibility and speciation

S Diquattro, P Castaldi, S Ritch, AL Juhasz… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of long-term ageing (up to 700 days) on the mobility, potential bioavailability and
bioaccessibility of antimony (Sb) was investigated in two soils (S1: pH 8.2; S2: pH 4.9) …

Soil organic matter affects arsenic and antimony sorption in anaerobic soils

M Verbeeck, Y Thiry, E Smolders - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) affects arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) mobility in soils under
waterlogged conditions by acting as an electron donor, by catalyzing redox–cycling through …

Organic compounds alter the preference and rates of heavy metal adsorption on ferrihydrite

M Engel, JSL Pacheco, V Noël, K Boye… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The availability of heavy metals in terrestrial environments is largely controlled by their
interactions with minerals and organic matter, with iron minerals having a particularly strong …

Influence of sulfur on the mobility of arsenic and antimony during oxic-anoxic cycles: differences and competition

L Ye, X Meng, C Jing - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The biogeochemical cycling of arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) is coupled with sulfur (S).
Biogenic sulfide from microbial sulfate reduction under anaerobic conditions may enhance …

Synthesis of hydrophilic sulfur-doped carbon aerogel microspheres and their mechanism of efficient removal of Sb (III) from aqueous solution

Q Zeng, J Li, L Dai, J Zhang, T Zeng, R Cheng… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimony pollution is well recognized to induce cancer and deformity. By polymerization
technique, a carbon aerogel microsphere (Ce@ SCA) modified by Ce and S with micron …

Complexation of arsenite, arsenate, and monothioarsenate with oxygen-containing functional groups of natural organic matter: an XAS study

A Biswas, J Besold, C Sjöstedt… - Environmental …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Arsenic (As) is reported to be effectively sorbed onto natural organic matter (NOM) via thiol
coordination and polyvalent metal cation-bridged ternary complexation. However, the extent …