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 …

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 …

Oscillatory responses in cat visual cortex exhibit inter-columnar synchronization which reflects global stimulus properties

CM Gray, P König, AK Engel, W Singer - Nature, 1989 - nature.com
A FUNDAMENTAL step in visual pattern recognition is the establishment of relations
between spatially separate features. Recently, we have shown that neurons in the cat visual …

[图书][B] Analytical sedimentology

DW Lewis, D McConchie - 2012 - books.google.com
The first edition of Practical Sedimentology contained dis ACKNOWLEDGMENTS cussions
of principles and techniques that could be applied to the analysis of sediments in the field …

Stripping voltammetry for the determination of trace metal speciation and in-situ measurements of trace metal distributions in marine waters

EP Achterberg, C Braungardt - Analytica chimica acta, 1999 - Elsevier
Progress in marine chemistry has been driven by improved sampling and sample handling
techniques, and developments in analytical chemistry. Consequently, during the last 20 …

Potentials and potentialities of cathodic stripping voltammetry of trace elements in natural waters

CMG van den Berg - Analytica chimica acta, 1991 - Elsevier
Recent advances in voltammetry are discussed. The main advances made are related to the
deposition step which now normally utilizes deposition by adsorption rather than by plating …

Applications of adsorptive stripping voltammetry in the determination of trace and ultratrace metals

MG Paneli, A Voulgaropoulos - Electroanalysis, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV) are reviewed. The
mechanisms of the adsorptive and stripping steps are given. The criteria of ligand selection …

Determination of platinum-group metals and lead in vegetable environmental bio-monitors by voltammetric and spectroscopic techniques: critical comparison

C Locatelli, D Melucci, G Torsi - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2005 - Springer
This paper reports voltammetric sequential determination of Pt (II), Pd (II), and Rh (III), by
square-wave adsorption stripping voltammetry (SWAdSV), and Pb (II), by square-wave …

Determination of platinum in workroom air and in blood and urine from nursing staff attending patients receiving cisplatin chemotherapy

O Nygren, C Lundgren - International archives of occupational and …, 1997 - Springer
Objectives: The use of anti-neoplastic drugs is increasing and nursing staff are evidently
concerned about the risk of hazardous exposure. General methods are available for …

Determination of platinum at trace levels in environmental and biological materials

RR Barefoot - Environmental Science & Technology, 1997 - ACS Publications
The treatment of exhaust gases from motor vehicles equipped with autocatalytic converters
has resulted in the removal of about 90% of carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and …