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Plants use their natural ability of mineral absorption to remove toxic metals from the contaminated environment. This book describes hyperaccumulation of chromium from tannery effluent by using an aquatic macrophyte Spirodela polyrrhiza L. Schleid. and its effect on... Lees meer.

At the age of five good witch Beatrice Manchester comes into her powers. Her doting magical Grandpa reads her bedtime stories from the Book of Cauldrons Spells and Legends. He tells the tale of the Chromium Cauldron. While wintering in Palm Beach Florida with her... Lees meer.

Platinum-Nickel-Chromium Deposits. Geology Exploration and Reserve Base is the first reference book to combine information on the discovery of numerous minerals within existing deposits. This book recognizes the close affinity and great natural coexistence of platin... Lees meer.

This volume is the newest release in the authoritative series issued by the National Academy of Sciences on dietary reference intakes DRIs . This series provides recommended intakes such as Recommended Dietary Allowances RDAs for use in planning nutritionally adequa... Lees meer.

In the present work we prepared tris alkylxanthato chromium III and intended to study the photochemistry of these complexes in dimethyl sulfoxide. These complexes might be useful in many applications. Moreover metal chelate with metals at high oxidation state is activ... Lees meer.

Anthropogenic activities are the main causes that affect the natural geological distribution of heavy metals through pollution of the environment.Bioremediation for removal of toxic heavy metals from waste water is gaining much importance.In recent years in the field o... Lees meer.

In the present study biosorption method was used which was quite effective and economical. For this purpose corn cob powder Zea maize waste of very popular food crop in Asia was used as biosorbent. The efficiency of Corn Cob for the remediation of Chromium VI was st... Lees meer.

All Portland cements tend to contain impurities of hexavalent chromium compounds due to the raw materials used or due to the additions usually made during the process of cement production. During the past about three decades numerous strategies for producing the Portl... Lees meer.

The goal of this study was to access the potential of Brassica juncea as hyperaccumulator. Cr is toxic to plants and is a non essential element. The degree of toxicity differs according to the oxidation state of Cr with Cr VI being more toxic than Cr III 7 making it on... Lees meer.

In accordance with the global needs of heavy metal-contaminated site remediation this book systematically introduces the latest theories and technical achievements of microbial and chemical treatment for the chromium pollution in the chromium slag and chromium-contamin... Lees meer.

The presence of heavy metal ions in many industrial waste waters is a growing concern for many environmental experts and health officials. Removal of this ions by adsorption is proving to be the choice method because it is not only easy to implement but also versatile a... Lees meer.

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This edited book brings together a diverse group of environmental science sustainability and health researchers to address the challenges posed by global mass poisoning caused by chromium contamination of soil and plants. In recent years contamination of the environm... Lees meer.