Heavy Metals in the Environment

ISBN-13: 9781420073164 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 516 str.

Lawrence K. Wang; Jianping J. P. Chen; Yung-Tse Hung

Opis

Offering broad coverage of both basic and advanced principals and applications, this volume provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on innovative and alternative approaches. It investigates a wide variety of environmental pollution sources and waste characteristics that require a multitude of remediation methods. It then details the latest in clean tech advances covering both management strategies and process alternatives. The authors delve into costs, effluent standards, and offer up several illustrative case histories that help illustrate the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices.

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Metal Research Trends in the Environmental Field. Toxicity and Sources of Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr, As, and Radionuclides in the Environment. Environmental Behavior and Effects of Engineered Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. Heavy Metal Removal with Exopolysaccharide-Producing Cyanobacteria. Environmental Geochemistry of High-Arsenic Aquifer Systems. Nanotechnology Application in Metal Ion Adsorption. Biosorption of Metals onto Granular Sludge. Arsenic Pollution: Occurrence, Distribution, and Technologies. Treatment of Metal-Bearing Effluents: Removal and Recovery. Management and Treatment of Acid Pickling Wastes Containing Heavy Metals. Treatment and Management of Metal Finishing Industry Wastes. Recycling and Disposal of Hazardous Solid Wastes Containing Heavy Metals and Other Toxic Substances. Management and Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil. Remediation of Metal Finishing Brownfi eld Sites. Control, Management, and Treatment of Metal Emissons from Motor Vehicles. Index.