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Trace elements - controlling emissions from coal combustion

International and national legislation is increasingly being applied to trace element emissions. Although emissions have decreased for a variety of reasons in many developed countries, continued use of coal and more successful control strategies in other sectors mean that coal combustion is still a relatively important source of some trace elements, especially mercury. Existing pollution control ...

Jan. 26, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

A Trace of Arsenic

The cans of baby formula invaded Brian Jackson’s Dartmouth College lab late in 2010. His team picked up an armful of popular brands at the food co-op in Hanover, N.H. Then another armload. Eventually Jackson had a cabinet full of the brightly labeled canisters. Today, he still keeps a few in his office. Not as clutter — that’s not his style. He just likes to keep his toxicology ...

Oct. 1, 2013

By Freytech Inc.

Atmospheric concentration and fluxes of trace elements in Visakhapatnam City of India

Airborne PM10 samples were collected during winter and summer at three different sites in a coastal city, Visakhapatnam, India. Average individual trace element concentrations fluctuated between 19 ng m−3 (Cd) and 4,802 ng m−3 (Zn). Average trace element concentrations for winter were observed ...

Apr. 1, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Definition and Number of Subsamples for Using Mosses as Biomonitors of Airborne Trace Elements

Abstract We collected 50 subsamples of the moss Scleropodium purum from each of three sampling sites and determined the concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, K, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn in each subsample. We then calculated the number of subsamples required to determine significant differences in the mean concentrations of two sampling sites. We found that to differentiate between an uncontaminated ...

Nov. 18, 2005

By Springer

How are trace elements mobilized during the postweaning fast in northern elephant seals?

Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups undergo a substantial intertissue reorganization of protein, minerals, and other cellular components during their postweaning development, which might entail the mobilization of associated contaminants.The authors investigated the changes in concentrations of 11 elements (Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, V, and Zn) in a longitudinal study ...

Jul. 26, 2012

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The scalp hair as a monitor for trace elements in biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution

The chemical element contents in scalp hair of 80 apparently healthy 15- to 58-year-old citizens (36 females and 44 males) of a non-industrial region in the Central European part of Russia were investigated by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). The summary of statistics, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, ...

Apr. 25, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

INAA and AAS study of essential trace elements in ayurvedic Indian medicinal plants

Specific parts (leaves and fruits) of different medicinal plants often used in Indian ayurvedic system were analysed for 18 elements (K, Mn, Na, Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Br, Sm, Cl, La, Al, Cr, Ca Cd, Ni, Pb and Hg) by employing instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) techniques. The samples were irradiated with thermal neutrons in a nuclear reactor and the ...

Aug. 31, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Determination of Trace Elements in Lead for Battery Applications using Atomic Absorption Analysis

Sample and Standard Preparation procedures for Trace Elements in Lead [1] Preparation of Lead (Pb) Samples: Drill Pb metal to make small pieces. Weigh 2.0 grams of these pieces on a balance. Place the sample in a 400ml Pyrex breaker and add 10ml H2O, 2.5 grams of tartaric acid and 7ml HNO3. Warm on a hot-plate until the sample dissolves. Dilute to 100ml in a volumetric flask with water (H2O). ...

Jan. 1, 2006

By Buck Scientific Inc

Trace element and heavy metal concentrations in fruits and vegetables of the Gediz River region

The Gediz river that irrigates the largest agricultural part of the Aegean Region's "Gediz Plain" is being polluted by industrial and domestic wastes starting from the Murat Mountain and continuing to the river's mouth. To study the pollution status, vegetables (tomato, pepper, bean, purslane, cowpea), fruits (apple, plum, pomegranate, walnut, watermelon, peach, cherry, grape), and leaf samples ...

Aug. 29, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

The use of assemblage models to describe trace element partitioning, speciation and fate: A review

The fate of trace elements in soils, sediments and surface waters is largely determined by their binding to reactive components of which organic matter, metal oxides and clays are considered most important. Assemblage models, combining separate mechanistic complexation models for each of the reactive components, can be used to predict the solid‐solution partitioning and speciation of trace ...

May 26, 2014

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Leaves of Lolium multiflorum as indicators of airborne trace element distribution in Central Italy

Ambient air contains particles, ranging from sub-micrometric aerosols to clearly visible dust and sand grains. Plants during evolution developed the ability to maximise light interception and CO2 assimilation and also the efficiency to collect the airborne pollutants. Therefore, plant tissues have been used as indicators of trace elements air pollution. Lolium multiflorum leaves were used as a ...

Jun. 30, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Risk indicator for agricultural inputs of traCE elements to Canadian soils

Received for publication April 27, 2008. Trace elements (TEs) are universally present in environmental media, including soil, but agriculture uses some materials that have increased TE concentrations. Some TEs (e.g., Cu, Se, and Zn) are added to animal feeds to ensure animal health. Similarly, TEs are present in micronutrient fertilizers. In the case of phosphate fertilizers, some TEs (e.g., Cd) ...

Mar. 25, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Speciation of major, minor and trace elements in River Nile mud

Nile mud sediment samples were collected from the bottom of the main stream of the River Nile at Aswan (Governorate) and ten other sites along the river. The samples were analysed using various acid extraction systems. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry was used for multi-element determination, and chromic acid was used for organic matter determination. Values of 0.08-0.89%, 0.4-8.5 ppm, ...

Sep. 16, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Leaching of nutrients and trace elements from stockpiled Turkey litter into soil

Received for publication December 10, 2007. In addition to nutrients, poultry are fed trace elements (e.g., As) for therapeutic purposes. Although a large proportion of the nutrients are assimilated by the birds, nearly all of the As is excreted. Hence, turkey litter constituents can leach into the soil and contaminate shallow ground water when it is stockpiled uncovered on bare soil. This study ...

Mar. 25, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Assessment of Trace‐Element Impacts on Agricultural Use of Water from the Dan River following the Eden Coal Ash Release

Catastrophic events require rapid, scientifically sound decision‐making to mitigate impacts on human welfareandthe environment. The objective of this study was to analyze potential impacts of coal‐ash‐derived trace elements on agriculture following a 35,000‐tonne release of coal ash into the Dan River at the Duke Energy Steam Station in Eden, NC. We performed scenario calculations to assess ...

Jun. 2, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Linking trace element variations with macronutrients and major cations in marine mussels Mytilus edulis and Perna viridis

Marine mussels have long been used as biomonitors of contamination of trace elements, but little is known whether variation in tissue trace elements is significantly associated with those of macronutrients and major cations. Here, we examined the variability of macronutrients and major cations and their potential relationships with bioaccumulation of trace elements. We analyzed the ...

Apr. 21, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Influence of carbon and lipid sources on variation of mercury and other trace elements in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

In the present study, the authors investigated the influence of carbon and lipid sources on regional differences in liver trace element (As, Cd, Cu, total Hg, Mn, Pb, Rb, Se, and Zn) concentrations measured in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) (n = 121) from 10 Alaskan, Canadian Arctic, and East Greenland subpopulations. Carbon and lipid sources were assessed using δ13C in muscle tissue and fatty ...

Sep. 16, 2012

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The feasibility of trace element supplementation for stable operation of wheat stillage-fed biogas tank reactors

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of trace element supplementation on operation of wheat stillage-fed biogas tank reactors. The stillage used was a residue from bio-ethanol production, containing high levels of sulfate. In biogas production, high sulfate content has been associated with poor process stability in terms of low methane production and accumulation of process ...

Jan. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

Analyses of trace elements on quartz surfaces in sulfidic mine tailings from Kristineberg (Sweden) a few years after remediation

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has been applied to determine the elemental composition of the surface layer, as well as of the first interior layer, of quartz grains from the mine tailings from Kristineberg (northern Sweden) in order to determine concentration gradients between these two layers. The quartz grains were collected from the oxidized and ...

Dec. 1, 2003

By Springer

Fractionation of uranium and other trace elements in soil samples collected in selected regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan

To determine the specific chemical forms of trace elements and to study of their mobility/availability in soil, samples collected in the Republic of Kazakhstan were analysed using the revised BCR protocol. A study was made with dependence of the mobility of different elements of interest on digestion procedures for collected soil samples and Standard Reference Material. The concentrations of the ...

Oct. 15, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

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