Journal of Hazardous Materials | Vols 250–251, Pgs 1-490, (15 April 2013) |
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&&&RIS (for EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite)&BibTeX&Text&RefWorks Direct Export&Citations Only&Citations and Abstracts All access types Open Access articlesOpen Archive articles&Entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 1-8Chong-Jian Tang, Rui He, Ping Zheng, Li-Yuan Chai, Xiao-Bo Min
? A novel model was conducted to estimate volumetric nitrogen conversion rates. ? The packing patterns of the granules in Anammox reactor are investigated. ? The simple cubic packing pattern was simulated in high-rate Anammox UASB reactor. ? Operational strategies concerning sludge concentration were proposed by the modeling.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 9-18Yuanbo Li, Fengshou Dong, Xingang Liu, Jun Xu, Xiu Chen, Yongtao Han, Xuyang Liang, Yongquan Zheng
? 9 chiral pesticides were simultaneous enantiomeric determined by chiral LC–MS/MS. ? A gradient elution program was first optimized and employed for the chiral separation. ? MS conditions were optimized to make the simultaneous quantification the analytes. ? Some of the pesticides enantiomers were firstly separated under reversed conditions.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 19-28Kexin Li, Jingjing Xiong, Tong Chen, Liushui Yan, Yuhua Dai, Dongyang Song, Ying Lv, Zhenxing Zeng
? A series of graphene/TiO2 composites were developed by nonionic surfactant strategy. ? The textural property, optical property, and composition were well characterized. ? Aqueous POPs were degraded under simulated sunlight and visible light irradiation. ? The degradation mechanism and kinetics of aqueous POPs were studied in detail. ? Mineralization of aqueous POPs and recyclability of the composites were also tested.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 29-36Mark Farrell, Glen Rangott, Evelyn Krull
? Soil PTE extractability assays are unsuitable for risk assessment of biochars. ? Pyrolysis increases PTE concentrations and reduces PTE availability. ? Germination assays may be useful as a dual-purpose tool to assess PTE phytoavailability.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 37-44Imteaz Ahmed, Nazmul Abedin Khan, Zubair Hasan, Sung Hwa Jhung
? Nitrogen-containing compounds can be removed with MOFs having PWAs. ? Selectivity for S-containing compounds was low with MOFs having PWAs. ? Acid–base interaction is possible mechanism for adsorptive removal. ? Used adsorbent can be reused for many times by washing with ethanol.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 45-52Qin Zhao, Xiaolong Rong, Hongbing Ma, Guanhong Tao
? A turn-on probe for lead based on dithizone functionalized QDs was constructed. ? Unique properties of QDs were combined with specific Pb2+ affinity of dithizone. ? High sensitivity and selectivity were achieved by combination of QDs with dithizone. ? The fluorescent probe was applied to environmental samples with satisfactory results.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 53-60Young Gun Ko, Hyun Jeong Lee, Hyun Chul Oh, Ung Su Choi
? Fabrication of double-walled silica nanotube (DWSNT). ? Primary, secondary, tertiary, di-, and tri-aminosilanes on DWSNT for CO2 capture. ? Maximum CO2 adsorption capacity and bonding-affinity for various amine types on DWSNT. ? This work demonstrates the amine type apt for the CO2 capture.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 61-67Joseph P. Wood, Michael Worth Calfee, Matthew Clayton, Nicole Griffin-Gatchalian, Abderrahmane Touati, Kim Egler
? Study characterizes process and efficacy of PAA fog to inactivate bacterial spores. ? Method to deposit spores onto decontamination chamber surfaces was effective. ? The maximum decontamination efficacy achieved with PAA fog was 4.78 log reduction. ? Fogging of PAA has potential as a relatively easy to use decontamination technology.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 68-75Guo-Dong Fang, Dong-Mei Zhou, Dionysios D. Dionysiou
? The role of the generation of ROS by MNPs for the degradation of 2-CB was elucidated. ? The mechanism of the generation of ROS by MNPs was investigated. ? EPR and quenching studies were used to identify the ROS in this process.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 76-81Chengchun Jiang, Zhen Gao, Hangling Qu, Jinwei Li, Xiaoxiong Wang, Ping Li, Hong Liu
? Structures of target compounds affect the course of Fenton and Fenton-like reactions. ? Amounts of aromatic compounds influence the extent of Fe(III)/Fe(II) conversion. ? Aromatic intermediates influence Fe conversion and reaction process by direct or indirect reduction. ? Fenton and Fenton-like reactions may involve each other and occur simultaneously.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 82-90A.M. Bernabeu, S. Fernández-Fernández, F. Bouchette, D. Rey, A. Arcos, J.M. Bayona, J. Albaiges
? Prestige oil residues have been found in Galicia beaches nine years after the accident. ? This occurrence is explained by the hydrodynamic features of the coastal area. ? Chemical markers have been used for identifying the source and fate of the oil after this long period. ? Specific compositional changes attributed to biodegradation have been identified. ? New criteria for assessing the diagnostic ratios for oil fingerprinting are discussed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 91-98Guangming Jiang, Zhiguo Yuan
? H2O2 greatly enhances the inactivation of microorganisms in biofilms by FNA. ? About 2-log of inactivation of biofilm microbes was achieved by FNA + H2O2. ? FNA + H2O2 reduced sulfide production and detached biofilm in reactors.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 99-105Yuankun Liu, Jianlong Wang
? Gamma irradiation was efficient for removing SMT in aqueous solution. ? Addition of H2O2 during irradiation could enhance SMT degradation and mineralization. ? The degradation kinetics of SMT conformed to pseudo first-order equation. ? Possible pathways for SMT decomposition were proposed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 106-114Yan Yan, Shaofang Sun, Yang Song, Xu Yan, Weisheng Guan, Xinlin Liu, Weidong Shi
? Microwave-assisted in situ growth of RGO-BiVO4 composite was proposed. ? A relatively small particle size with organic-additives free. ? Graphene was formed during the microwave-heating by oxygen capture. ? GB-2 sample exhibits the highest CIP degradation ratio (3 times over pure BiVO4). ? The enhancements of activities result from the effective charge separation.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 115-121Minjian Chen, Rong Tang, Guangbo Fu, Bin Xu, Pengfei Zhu, Shanlei Qiao, Xiaojiao Chen, Bo Xu, Yufeng Qin, Chuncheng Lu, Bo Hang, Yankai Xia, Xinru Wang
? We examined relations between exposure to phenols and idiopathic male infertility. ? We determined urinary concentrations of various phenols. ? 4-t-OP, 4-n-OP and 4-n-NP exposure increased risk of idiopathic male infertility. ? 4-t-OP and 4-n-NP exposure increased risk of infertility with abnormal semen quality. ? We observed associations between sum APs exposure and idiopathic male infertility.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 122-130M. Monier, D.A. Abdel-Latif
? PET fibers were graft copolymerized with acrylonitrile. ? Further modification was carried out through the reaction with hydrazine hydrate and then potassium thiocyanate. ? The resulted chelating fibers were characterized by various instrumental methods. ? The fibers were applied to remove Hg2+, Cu2+ and Co2+ from aqueous solutions.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 131-137Huihui Gan, Gaoke Zhang, Hongxia Huang
? The Bi2O2CO3/Bi3NbO7 composite was in situ fabrication by hydrothermal methods. ? It showed largely enhanced visible-light photocatalytic destruction of E. coli. ? The heterostructures improved the electron–hole separations during photocatalysis. ? h+/OH radicals may be the main oxidative species during photocatalytic destruction.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 138-146Hong Xiao, Haiyan Song, Hongqin Xie, Wei Huang, Jun Tan, Jianzhong Wu
? APAP was rapidly oxidized by δ-MnO2. ? APAP transformation were increased with the decreased pH or increased temperature. ? APAP transformation was inhibited by some inorganic ions and phenols co-solutes. ? The UV–Vis spectra show that APAP may polymerize to form oligomer. ? The products of APAP were formed by the coupling oxidation of aromatic carbon.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 147-154Guiying Li, Zhengyong Zhang, Hongwei Sun, Jiangyao Chen, Taicheng An, Bing Li
? VOCs and biohazards emitted during garbage compressing process were monitored. ? BTF–PC integrated reactor was employed for VOCs and biohazards removal. ? Health risk of target VOCs and biohazards were assessed before and after treatment.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 155-166P. Ilaiyaraja, Ashish Kumar Singha Deb, K. Sivasubramanian, D. Ponraju, B. Venkatraman
? A new chelating resin PAMAMG3 -SDB has been synthesized for uranium adsorption. ? The maximum adsorption capacity was determined to be 130.25 mg g-1 at pH 5.5. ? Adsorption capacity increases linearly with increasing dendron generation. ? The adsorbed uranium shall be easily desorbed by simply adjusting the pH & 3. ? Quantitative adsorption of uranium was observed even at high ionic strength.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 167-174Aida Vaitkuviene, Vytautas Kaseta, Jaroslav Voronovic, Giedre Ramanauskaite, Gene Biziuleviciene, Almira Ramanaviciene, Arunas Ramanavicius
? Polypyrrole nanoparticles synthesized by environmentally friendly polymerization at high concentrations are cytotoxic. ? Primary mouse embryonic fibroblast, mouse hepatoma and human T lymphocyte Jurkat cell lines were treated by Ppy nanoparticles. ? Polypyrrole nanoparticles at high concentrations inhibit cell proliferation.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 175-180Teng Zhang, Jun Huang, Wang Zhang, Yunfei Yu, Shubo Deng, Bin Wang, Gang Yu
? Toxic PCNB was completely destroyed by ball milling using Fe–Ni–SiO2. ? Nonhazardous destruction residue can effectively dechlorinate the 4-CP in water. ? Dechlorination mechanism involving reactions on 3 interfaces (Fe–Ni, Fe–C and Fe–C–Ni) was proposed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 181-189Zhiqiao He, Junjun Sun, Jie Wei, Qiong Wang, Chengxiang Huang, Jianmeng Chen, Shuang Song
? Dechlorination of 2-chlorobiphenyl. ? Using silver or copper as interlayer between nickel foam substrate and palladium. ? Pd and the interlayer loadings have positive effects on dechlorination. ? Increasing the current density increases the reaction rate but reduces the CE. ? The Pd/Ag/Ni electrode exhibits superior activity and stability.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 190-197José M. Estrada, Sergio Hernández, Raúl Mu?oz, Sergio Revah
? Bacterial biofilter showed better EC and ΔP than fungal biofilter. ? The preferential biodegradation order was: propanal & hexanol & MIBK & toluene. ? Propanal partially inhibited the biodegradation of the rest of VOCs. ? The two-stage biofilter showed a higher stability than the individual units.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 198-203ZhenYang Yu, Jing Zhang, XiaoXue Chen, DaQiang Yin, HuiPing Deng
? Sulfonamides exhibited toxicities on nematode at micromolar concentrations. ? Transgenerational effects of sulfonamides were observed in the unexposed progeny. ? Sulfonamides caused more inhibitions on the nematode behavior than the growth.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 204-211Liu Wei Zhang, Jian Bo Song, Xia Xia Shu, Yun Zhang, Zhi Min Yang
? Involvement of miR395 in sulfate uptake and assimilation in B. napus. ? miR395 regulation of Cd accumulation and distribution in B. napus. ? Depression of Cd-induced oxidative stress by miR395.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 212-219Gunvor M. Kirkelund, Anne J. Damoe, Lisbeth M. Ottosen
? Electrodialytic remediation could be used to remove Cd from biomass fly ash suspensions. ? Cd limiting concentrations in the fly ash were met for reuse as fertilizer. ? pH below 2 in the fly ash suspension was determining the effectiveness for Cd removal.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 220-228Bo Lai, Zhaoyu Chen, Yuexi Zhou, Ping Yang, Juling Wang, Zhiqiang Chen
? High concentration PNP can be reduced into the nontoxic p-aminophenol by US–ZVI. ? High removal efficiency of PNP is resulted from the synergistic reaction of ZVI and US. ? The reaction pathway of PNP in the US–ZVI system is proposed. ? Processing parameters of the US–ZVI system were optimized seriously.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 229-237Sanke Kuai, Zhibin Zhang, Zhaodong Nan
? Ce3+ doped ZnFe2O4 clusters were prepared by a facile method. ? The maximum adsorption capacity for Cr(VI) was determined to be 57.24 mg/g. ? Langmuir model was employed to fit the adsorption isotherm. ? The adsorption process can be described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 238-245Guobin Liang, Jianghong Tang, Weiping Liu, Quanfa Zhou
? Mixed culture of two acidophiles was optimized for maximizing PCBs addition amounts and copper leaching efficiency at the same time. ? Inoculums ratio showed remarkable effect on A. thiooxidans and A. ferrooxidans growth status. ? Initial pH, and S0 and Fe2+concentrations were optimized by response surface methodology to enhance copper recovery. ? Compared with both S0 and Fe2+ which significantly influenced copper leaching, pH did not show a notable effect. ? Higher Fe3+ and lowered pH value kept in filtrate elucidated the mechanism involved in achieving efficient copper recovery.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 246-255Dany Hleis, Ignacio Fernández-Olmo, Frédéric Ledoux, Adib Kfoury, Lucie Courcot, Thérèse Desmonts, Dominique Courcot
? Chemical profile of dust emissions from an integrated iron and steel plant. ? Fugitive dust emissions from the sintering area characterized by high Fe and Ca levels. ? Confined dust emissions from the sintering stack dominated by KCl content. ? High Fe and relatively low Ca content in blast furnace dust.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 256-264John N. Hahladakis, Michailakis Stylianos, Evangelos Gidarakos
? A laboratory-scale reactor was built to simulate the “Sea Diamond” shipwreck. ? EEE was thrown into the reactor for heavy metal release rate assessment. ? 15 seawater samples were taken and analyzed in a nine month experimental period. ? Zinc, mercury and copper were found in concentrations above the CMC criterion. ? Nickel and lead were found in concentrations higher than the CCC criterion.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 265-271Ale? Vaněk, Martin Mihaljevi?, Ivana Galu?ková, Vladislav Chrastn?, Michael Komárek, Vít Pení?ek, Tereza Zádorová, Ond?ej Drábek
? A relationship between mineralogical position of Tl and plant uptake was proved. ? Soil enriched in Ksat-birnessite had the lowest potential for Tl release. ? High rate of biological uptake of Tl was observed for soil with Tl-modified illite. ? Root-induced dissolution of synthetic calcite and ferrihydrite was identified.&Not entitled to full textReview ArticlePages 272-291B. Dhal, H.N. Thatoi, N.N. Das, B.D. Pandey
? The review focuses on the Cr speciation, uses, toxicity and remediation aspects. ? Assessed amount of hexavalent Cr in soils/metallurgical/other wastes and sites. ? Chemical and bioremediation processes for Cr(VI) are summarised in detail. ? Strategy for bio-remediation of Cr(VI) in different solid wastes is suggested. ? Capability of microbes for reducing Cr(VI) contamination described. ? Mechanism of microbial reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) is included.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 292-297Hari Krishna Bharadwaj, Joo-Youp Lee, Xin Li, Zhouyang Liu, Tim C. Keener
? Magnesium hydroxide dissolution was found to be controlled by chemical reaction. ? The intrinsic kinetics has a fractional order between 0.20 and 0.31. ? The true activation energy value was found to have 76 ± 11 kJ/gmol. ? A shrinking-core model predicted experimental data with good accuracy.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 298-307F.-X. Ouf, S. Delcour, N. Azema, A. Coppalle, L. Ferry, F. Gensdarmes, J.-M. Lopez-Cuesta, A. Niang, S. Pontreau, J. Yon
? We experiment the airborne release of particles during thermal degradation of polymers. ? A “peak of release” was identified during the first instances of thermal stress of Plexiglas. ? The duration of the peak of release was linked to the heat flux applied to the Plexiglas. ? Heat flux has a low influence on the airborne release fraction (ARF). ? The influence of the diameter of particles on the ARF depends on polymer.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 308-317Hannes Mikula, Ernst Horkel, Philipp Hans, Christian Hametner, Johannes Fr?hlich
? Many published structures for tenuazonic acid (TeA) are incorrect. ? DFT calculations were used for quantum chemical treatment of tenuazonic acid. ? This article reports the confirmation of the main tautomeric structures of TeA. ? A synergetic computational and spectroscopic approach was applied.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 318-332Mohammad Faisal, Quaiser Saquib, Abdulrahman A. Alatar, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy, Ahmad K. Hegazy, Javed Musarrat
? First report on mechanism of NiO-NPs induced apoptosis in tomato roots cells. ? NiO-NPs trigger the release of caspase-3 proteases from mitochondria. ? Flow cytometry data validated oxidative burst and mitochondrial dysfunction. ? NiO-NPs at varying concentrations induced imbalance in antioxidant enzymes. ? Damage to DNA signifies the toxic potential of NiO-NPs to plants.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 333-344Nashwan Sh. Mizzouri, Md Ghazaly Shaaban
? This research focuses on the combined impact of shock loads on the PRWW treatment. ? System failure resulted when combined shock of organic and hydraulic was applied. ? Recovery was achieved by replacing glucose with PRWW and OLR was decreased to half. ? Worst COD removals were 68.9, and 57.8% for organic, and combined shocks.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 345-353Yu Zhong, Qi Yang, Kun Luo, Xiuqiong Wu, Xiaoming Li, Yang Liu, Wangwang Tang, Guangming Zeng, Bo Peng
? Fe(II)–Al(III) LDHs were synthesized by ultrasound-assisted co-precipitation method. ? The Fe–Al (30 min) exhibited highly reduction reactivity on bromate. ? Pseudo-first-order model described the experimental data well. ? The mechanisms of bromate removal were proposed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 354-361R. Naim, A.F. Ismail
? Different concentration of PEI hollow fiber membranes on CO2 stripping was studied. ? Increased in polymer concentration enhanced the wetting pressure of PEI membranes. ? Combined finger-like and sponge-like structure contributed to high wetting pressure. ? Stripping flux performance of PEI membranes is at par with commercial membranes.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 362-369Wei-Teh Jiang, Po-Hsiang Chang, Ya-Siang Wang, Yolin Tsai, Jiin-Shuh Jean, Zhaohui Li, Keith Krukowski
? Ciprofloxacin removal by birnessite was accompanied by interlayer cation exchange. ? Layer expansion and FTIR data suggested ciprofloxacin intercalation into birnessite. ? Adsorption capacity of ciprofloxacin into birnessite was limited by surface area. ? Birnessite in soil systems may provide host for ciprofloxacin accumulation.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 370-378Hamid Reza Rajabi, Omid Khani, Mojtaba Shamsipur, Vahid Vatanpour
? Synthesis of ultra-small ZnS and ZnS:Fe QDs in aqueous media. ? Characterization of QDs by TEM, XRD, FAAS and UV–vis absorption techniques. ? The new report on the photocatalytic behavior of QDs on removal of MG. ? Effective degrade of dye by novel modified QDs up to 98%.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 379-386Ting Wang, Wen Liu, Nan Xu, Jinren Ni
? Satisfactory reuse of TNTs due to easy regeneration of tubular structures. ? TNTs regeneration using only 2% of NaOH needed for virgin TNTs preparation. ? Excellent regeneration attributed to steady TNTs skeleton and complex form of TNTs-OCd+OH- onto adsorbed TNTs.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 387-396Xinfeng Zhu, Xiong He, Jiakuan Yang, Linxia Gao, Jianwen Liu, Danni Yang, Xiaojuan Sun, Wei Zhang, Qin Wang, R Vasant Kumar
? An alternative process that does not involve smelting or electro-winning was developed. ? PbO, PbO2, and PbSO4 can be prepared as Pb3(C6H5O7)2·3H2O with the optimal condition. ? Fast reaction rate and less consumption of sodium citrate are the virtues of this technology.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 397-402Varima Bokare, Ju-lim Jung, Yoon-Young Chang, Yoon-Seok Chang
? Rapid degradation of OCDD by zinc nanoparticles under ambient conditions. ? Congener profiles from sequential dechlorination agree with LFER-model predictions. ? Toxicity (TEQ) values calculated for OCDD degradation process. ? First report on OCDD degradation using zero-valent nanoparticles.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 403-411Yanli Zhang, Xinming Wang, Barbara Barletta, Isobel J. Simpson, Donald R. Blake, Xiaoxin Fu, Zhou Zhang, Quanfu He, Tengyu Liu, Xiuying Zhao, Xiang Ding
? We measured aromatic hydrocarbons at four contrasting sites in the PRD region. ? Diagnostic ratios were used to imply sources of aromatic hydrocarbons. ? Sources of aromatic hydrocarbons were apportioned by PMF receptor model. ? Solvent use, vehicle exhaust and biomass burning contributed over 89% AHs. ? Biomass burning contributed to AHs, particularly for Benzene in the rural.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 412-420Peng Gao, Jincheng Liu, Darren Delai Sun, Wunjern Ng
? GO–CdS composites were prepared through a novel two-phase mixing method. ? Uniform deposition of CdS nanoparticles on GO sheets. ? Reduced charge recombination rate. ? Enhanced photo-stability. ? High photodegradation and disinfection efficiency.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 421-430Patricia M. Gallagher, Sabrina Spatari, Jeffrey Cucura
? We use LCA to study environmental impacts of grouting techniques for site remediation. ? We consider colloidal silica permeation grouting and cement jet grouting. ? Manufacturing and transportation contribute significantly in all impact categories. ? Activity outside of direct site activity is important in assessing impacts. ? LCA can be used to consider sustainability criteria for remediation decisions.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 431-438Zhiqiang Shen, Yuexi Zhou, Jun Hu, Jianlong Wang
? Starch/PCL (SPCL) blend was prepared and used for biological denitrification. ? The microbial community of attached biofilm was analyzsed by metagenomic method. ? The vast majority of species biofilm (99.71%) belonged to six major phyla. ? Proteobacteria were the most abundant phylum (85.50%). ? Diaphorobacter and Acidovorax was 52.75% of identified denitrifying bacteria.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 439-446C. Prieto, J.C. Lozano, P. Blanco Rodríguez, F. Vera Tomé
? The aim was to optimize radium solubilization for the purposes of remediation. ? The most important factor in radium solubilization was found to be the pH. ? Radium release increases with the reagent concentration. ? The largest release of radium is obtained with 50 mmol kg-1 of citrate, at pH acid, and 4 days after incubation. ? The best conditions for the release of radium are the same as for uranium.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 447-453Nejmeddine Rabaaoui, Mohamed El Khames Saad, Younes Moussaoui, Mohamed Salah Allagui, Ahmed Bedoui, Elimame Elaloui
? Anodic oxidation is an effective method for degrading o-nitrophenol. ? The effect of operating parameters on the degradation was investigated. ? The main intermediate products were determined by HPLC technique. ? A plausible degradation pathway of o-nitrophenol was proposed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 454-461Nataliya Zaitseva, Vladimir Zaitsev, Alain Walcarius
? SH-functionalized silica is able to reduce Cr(VI) into less toxic Cr(III) species. ? Cr(III) can bind to ethylenediaminetriacetate groups in bi-functionalized sorbent. ? The reduction–sorption process is very fast and pH dependent (optimum: pH 1–3). ? Cr(III) binding is stronger than with sulfonate groups (possible column sorption). ? Good chromium sorption performance was observed in the presence of interference.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 462-468Dorian Prato-Garcia, Francisco J. Cervantes, Germán Buitrón
? Azo dyes were reduced efficiently by chemical and biogenic sulfide. ? Biogenic sulfide was more efficient than chemical sulfide. ? There was no competition between dyes and sulfate for reducing equivalents. ? Aromatic amines barely affected the sulfate-reducing process.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 469-476Prashanth Suresh Kumar, Linda ?nnby, Harald Kirsebom
? Double hydrous oxides were synthesized as adsorbents and incorporated into cryogels. ? Removal of As(III) was evaluated for smelting wastewater in continuous mode. ? As(III) adsorption was possible without pre-oxidation and pH adjustment. ? Results indicate chemisorption of As(III) on the adsorbents. ? As(III) concentrations reached below the EU emission limit for industrial wastewater.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 477-483A. Giridhar Babu, Jong-Dae Kim, Byung-Taek Oh
? This is a first report of Alnus firma as Pb hyperaccumulator. ? Alnus firma is a suitable for metal phytostabilization and Pb hyperaccumulation. ? Bacillus tubingenisis is an efficient PGP entophytic bacterium. ? B. tubingenisis showed good heavy metal removal efficiency from mine tailing. ? B. tubingenisis enhanced the growth and heavy metal accumulation of A. firma.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticlePages 484-490Q. Kwok, B. Acheson, R. Turcotte, A. Janès, G. Marlair
? First input ever published on fire and explosion hazards of sodium and potassium methoxides by use of multiple experimental approaches. ? Complex water-reactivity revealed being under strong influence of CO2 and oxygen. ? Self heating phenomenon further qualified and shown possible close to room temperature. ? Dust explosion hazard rating showed moderate related risk.&Not entitled to full text