Platinum group elements in the environment and their health risk

K Ravindra, L Bencs, R Van Grieken - Science of the total environment, 2004 - Elsevier
Accumulation of platinum group elements (PGEs) in the environment has been increased
over the time. Catalytic converters of modern vehicles are considered to be the main sources …

Environmental routes for platinum group elements to biological materials—a review

KH Ek, GM Morrison, S Rauch - Science of the Total Environment, 2004 - Elsevier
The increased use of platinum group elements (PGE) in automobile catalysts has led to
concern over potential environmental and biological accumulation. Platinum (Pt), palladium …

Sample digestion methods for the determination of traces of precious metals by spectrometric techniques

M Balcerzak - Analytical sciences, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The members of the platinum group metals (PGM)(ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium,
iridium and platinum) and gold are called “precious” or “noble” metals. These names have …

Anthropogenic platinum group element (Pt, Pd and Rh) concentrations in road dusts and roadside soils from Perth, Western Australia

JD Whiteley, F Murray - Science of the Total Environment, 2003 - Elsevier
The emission of platinum group elements (PGE) from automobile catalytic converters has
led to rapid increases in Pt, Pd and Rh concentrations in roadside media. This article …

Spatial and chemical patterns of size fractionated road dust collected in a megacitiy

F Fujiwara, RJ Rebagliati, L Dawidowski… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
A study was undertaken to investigate the content of 15 elements in size classified street
dust. Samples were collected in the megacity of Buenos Aires during two months at 15 sites …

Methods for the determination of platinum group elements originating from the abrasion of automotive catalytic converters

L Bencs, K Ravindra, R Van Grieken - Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2003 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic emission of platinum group elements (PGEs) from the abrasion of automotive
catalytic converters into the environment has significantly increased. However, the …

Platinum group elements contamination in soils: Review of the current state

L Savignan, S Faucher, P Chéry, G Lespes - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Platinum group elements (PGE: Ru, Rh, Pd, Os Ir, Pt) are rare metals with low abundance in
the continental crust. The elements of the palladium subgroup of PGE (PPGE: Pt, Pd, Rh) …

Bioaccumulation of palladium, platinum and rhodium from urban particulates and sediments by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus

M Moldovan, S Rauch, M Gómez, MA Palacios… - Water Research, 2001 - Elsevier
The three-way catalytic converters introduced to oxidize and reduce gaseous automobile
emissions represent a source of platinum group elements (PGEs), in particular platinum …

Changes in palladium, platinum, and rhodium concentrations, and their spatial distribution in soils along a major highway in Germany from 1994 to 2004

F Zereini, C Wiseman, W Püttmann - Environmental Science & …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Soil samples were collected along the highway A5 from the major junctions Frankfurter
Kreuz to Darmstäder Kreuz from July to September, 2004 and analyzed for palladium (Pd) …

Optimization of dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for the selective determination of trace amounts of palladium by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy

TA Kokya, K Farhadi - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
A new simple and reliable method for rapid and selective extraction and determination of the
trace levels of Pd2+ ion was developed by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction …