Irrigation with untreated effluent in periurban agriculture could result in accumulation and bioconcentrations of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb). Different amendments were used to investigate their effect on availability, concentration, and uptake of metals by wheat in texturally different soils. Crop was irrigated with water containing Cd and Pb at 20 mg L−1, thereby adding 260 mg pot−1 of each me...

This study examines calcification in planulae and polyps of the hydroid Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus. We observed that established colonies produce a crystalline mat on their substratum and that crystals visible by polarized light microscopy occur in the vacuoles of the gastrodermal cells of both polyps and planulae. The crystalline mat was found by infrared spectroscopy to contain calcium car...

At 90-120 °C, in the presence of methylcarbonate and bicarbonate methyltrioctylphosphonium salts as catalysts ([P8881][A]; [A] = MeOCO2 and HOCO2), the transesterification of non-toxic dimethyl- and diethyl-carbonate (DMC and DEC, respectively) with 1,X-diols (2 ≤ X ≤ 6) proceeds towards the formation of cyclic and linear products. In particular, 1,2-propanediol and ethylene glycol afford propy...

0009-2614/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2011.08.063 ⇑ Corresponding authors. Address: Department California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Fax: +1 510 642 E-mail addresses: [email protected] (D. Pren edu (R.J. Saykally) The dissolution of carbon dioxide in water and the ensuing hydrolysis reactions are of profound importance for understanding the behavior and contr...

Carbonic acid (H2CO3) is a molecule right at the interface between organic and inorganic chemistry. In fact, according to some definitions it is an organic molecule, while according to others it is an inorganic molecule. Its exceptionality can also be recognized from the fact that it formally belongs neither to the mononor dicarboxylic acids, even though it is a C1 diprotic acid. The diprotic n...

Introduction From the point of view of different technological processes, the knowledge of parameters describing the structure of sorbents, such as surface area or pore size distribution play an important role for application them in chemical, cement industries, or modification of mineral raw materials. The sorption properties are determined by surface area, what binds with surface energy and r...

Most commercial water contains alkaline earth metal cations such as magnesium, calcium and barium, and anions such as carbonate, bicarbonate, sulfate, silicate, oxalate, phosphate, etc. Different combinations of these anions and cations will give rise to potentially scalant systems, such as calcium carbonate, calcium silicate, calcium sulfate, calcium oxalate, barium sulfate, magnesium sulfate,...

In this work, the absorption–desorption performance of CO2 in six new solvent blends amine (diisopropylamine (DPA), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP), methyldiethanolamine (MDEA), diethanolamine (DEA), diisopropanolamine (DIPA), and ethanolamine (MEA)), sulfolane, methanol has been monitored using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Additionally, NMR-based species confirmation viscosity analysis were done f...

Carbonate dissolution has been widely observed in shallow water tropical sediments. However, sediment budgets have generally not been closed with respect to the amount of acid required to produce the observed carbonate dissolution. Recently it has been suggested that enhanced oxygen transport into sediments through the roots and rhizomes of sea grasses might play a role in resolving this mass b...

Abstract Background Esthetic dental restorations have gained increasing popularity. The surface of should be smooth enough to achieve maximum esthetics and prevent the adhesion microorganisms food particles. This study aimed assess roughness color change composite specimens following airflow usage. Methods In this in vitro, experimental study, 30 Tokuyama discs were fabricated randomly divided ...