Chemical forms of Zn, Ni, Cu, and Pb in municipal sewage sludge were investigated by adding humus soil to sludge and by performing sequential extraction procedures. In the final sludge mixtures, Zn and Ni were mainly found in Fe/Mn oxide-bound (F3) and organic matter/sulfide-bound (F4) forms. For Zn, exchangeable (F1), carbonate-bound (F2), and F3 forms were transformed to F4 and residual forms...

Cu substituted Ni in Ni0.5-xCuxZn0.5Fe2O4 (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2) samples Zn Ni0.5Zn0.5−xCuxFe2O4 is synthesized using the sol-gel auto-combustion process. Recently, we have carried out their structural analysis XRD FTIR found a cubic spinel structure. In this paper, studied morphological compositional structure with help of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) attached an Energy Dispers...

In this study, inductive coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) is employed for the evaluation of soil pollution for selected metals in the Vanderbijlpark area of South Africa. Soil samples investigated were collected from five different sites in the city based on their proximity to the industrial areas of Vanderbijlpark. Soil samples were collected from close to traffic robots,...

The effect of Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) association on the diketo/keto-enol tautomerism of thymine has been investigated through the use of B3LYP density functional theory calculations. Final energies were obtained at the B3LYP/6-311+G(2df,2p)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory. Ni(II) and Cu(II) lead to an oxidation of thymine which for Zn(ii) is only partial and catalyze the tautomerization ...

Masses of the radioactive isotopes Ga, Zn and Cu have been measured at the JYFLTRAP facility with a relative precision of better than 1.8× 10. A QEC value of (9181.07 ± 0.54) keV for the superallowed decay of Ga is obtained from the measured cyclotron frequency ratios of Ga—Zn, Ga—Ni and Zn—Ni ions. The resulting Ft-value supports the validity of the conserved vector current hypothesis (CVC). T...

A novel technique for obtaining nonanomalous Ni-Zn-P coatings with high Ni content ~74 wt % as compared to 15-20 wt % in the conventional plating method! has been developed. These coatings show promise as a replacement for Cd in sacrificially protecting steel. Ni-Zn-P coatings were deposited using an electroless method from a solution containing NiSO4 , complexing agent and ammonium chloride. V...

It has long been recognized that diffusive boundary layers affect the determination of active transport parameters, but this has been largely overlooked in plant physiological research. We studied the short-term uptake of cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and nickel (Ni) by spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) in solutions with or without metal complexes. At same free ion con...