Compliance with the U.S. drinking water standard for arsenic (As) of 10 microg L(-1) is required in January 2006. This will necessitate implementation of treatment technologies for As removal by thousands of water suppliers. Although a variety of such technologies is available, most require preoxidation of As(III) to As(V) for efficient performance. Previous batch studies with illuminated TiO2 ...

THE PURPOSE. In order to control the technical condition of oil-filled electrical equipment, a number new analytical methods have recently been created determine ultra-low concentrations impurity compounds in transformer oil. An analysis literature data showed that at this stage procedure significant errors may occur worsen quality and some cases make its results meaningless. The published prac...

Background: Food borne pathogens are of the main concerns of food producers and consumers and Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus create a lot of problems worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate antibacterial effects of monolaurin, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate on S. aureus and E. coli at different pH values and NaCl concentrations. Methods: Micro-well dilution assay was us...

Wilson et al. raisea number of issues that, according to their opinion, require explanation. They support their comment on their estimation of the accessibility of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) sites of four polymers prepared by cross-linking β-CD with divinylsulfone (DVS) at four stoichiometries. In particular, they focus their attentions on our conclusion that for our system (i.e., seven polymers and...

background: food borne pathogens are of the main concerns of food producers and consumers and escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus create a lot of problems worldwide. the aim of this study was to evaluate antibacterial effects of monolaurin, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate on s. aureus and e. coli at different ph values and nacl concentrations. methods: micro-well dilution assay was use...

The kinetics of slow desorption were studied for four soils and four sediments with widely varying characteristics [organic carbon (OC) content 0.5-50%, organic matter (OM) aromatic content (7-37%)] for three chlorobenzenes and five polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Slowly and very slowly desorbing fractions ranged from 1 to 50% (slow) and 3 to 40% (very slow) of the total amount sorbed, and we...

Sorption of biologically active substances by ion exchangers, characteristic features of such substances and their low stability levels are discussed. Main principles of choosing ion exchangers for isolation and purification of organic substances are developed. Investigation of ion exchange with respect to organic substances revealed specific relationships in their sorption and indicated a nece...

Glyphosate is worldwide the most used herbicide because it is an efficient weed killer with favorable environmental and toxicological properties such as very low human and animal toxicity. Chemically, glyphosate is a phosphonate, i.e. it resembles phosphate. Consequently, glyphosate is strongly sorbed by the same soil minerals as phosphate, especially aluminium and iron oxides, allophane/imogol...