
Heavy Metals in the Environment: Origin, Interaction and Remediation
Description
Key Features
- Includes comprehensive coverage of heavy metal ions in the environment
- Is practical and easy to read
- Is suitable for students and researchers in environmental science and environmental or chemical engineering
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Table of Contents
- CHAPTER 1: SOURCES AND ORIGINS OF HEAVY METALS
1. Introduction
2. Heavy Metals in Rocks and Soils
3. Heavy Metals in Water and Groundwater
4. Heavy Metals in the Atmosphere
5. Anthropogenic Sources of Heavy Metals
CHAPTER 2: INTERACTION OF HEAVY METALS
1. Analytical Procedures for the Detection of Heavy Metals (U. Kramar)
2. Biogeochemical Processes regulating Heavy Metal Mobility
3. Ecotoxicological Effects of Heavy Metals
4. Individual Behaviour of Selected Heavy Metals
CHAPTER 3: REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES
1. Introduction
2. Physical Remediation Techniques
3. Chemical Remediation Techniques
4. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals (H.B. Bradl)
Product details
- No. of pages: 282
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2005
- Published: March 3, 2005
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780080455006
About the Editor
Heike Bradl
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