BACKGROUND Arsenic (As) toxicity is primarily based on its chemical speciation. Although inorganic and methylated As species are well characterized in terms of metabolism and formation in the human body, the origin of thiolated methylarsenicals is still unclear. OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) from the human gut are actively involved in the thiolation...

The title mixed-alkali-metal molybdenium oxide, hexa-kis-(lithium/sodium) undeca-molybdate, was synthesized by solid-state reaction at 793 K. Its [Mo11O36](6-) framework is built up from MoO6 octa-hedra and MoO5 pyramids linked together by edges and vertices. The framework delimits two types of inter-secting tunnels running along [100] and [001], where the sodium and lithium ions are located. T...

Molybdenum(VI) oxide reacts with molten LiC1-KCI eutectie at 450 ~ to form MOO2C12, which probably is present as an anion MoO2Cl4 =, and pyromolybdate, Mo207 =. Both of these species are electrochemically reduced to MOO2, which can be reoxidized to MoO2CI2 by current reversal. A second reduction step, observed whether MoO3 or Mo2072is added to the melt, can be attributed to the reduction of MoO...

Two years ago, a modification (1) of the Bell-Doisy phosphate method was published and at that time technique ‘was given for its application to inorganic phosphorus in blood and urine. Since then its use has been extended to a variety of analytical procedures, some of which are given below. In principle the method consists of the formation of phosphomolybdic acid and its subsequent reduction by...

Bacteria with the ability to tolerate, remove, and/or degrade several xenobiotics simultaneously are urgently needed for remediation of polluted sites. A previously isolated bacterium with sodium dodecyl sulfate- (SDS-) degrading capacity was found to be able to reduce molybdenum to the nontoxic molybdenum blue. The optimal pH, carbon source, molybdate concentration, and temperature supporting ...

The complexation of sodium molybdate with para-sulfonatocalix [4] arene was studied in thetemperature range from 20 to 40 °C and pH = 5.8 by spectroscopic method in water solution. Thestability constants of complexes were calculated by the multiwavelength analysis of spectral datausing SQUAD program. The equilibrium constant, spectroscopic data, molar absorptivities andconcentrations of all spe...

Corrosion and corrosion inhibition of WE43 magnesium alloy were investigated in NaCl solutions containing different amounts sodium molybdate. Electrochemical, microscopic, spectroscopic experiments utilized to examine the mechanism by molybdates. Electrochemical data showed that Na2MoO4 inhibitor provides reliable at concentrations above 100 mM. Raman XPS spectroscopy demonstrated formed surfac...

-Adsorption of Mo(VI) on 2-0.2-um size fraction of sodium-saturated kaolinite at 25 _+ 2~ and at a constant pH of 7.00 _+ 0.05 was studied. The kaolinite sample was pretreated to remove any surface oxide and hydroxide coatings. The initial concentrations of Mo in solution ranged from 1 to 11 mg/liter in a NaC104 background electrolyte at a constant ionic strength of 0.09 _+ 0.01. Calculations o...

Two years ago, a modification (1) of the Bell-Doisy phosphate method was published and at that time technique ‘was given for its application to inorganic phosphorus in blood and urine. Since then its use has been extended to a variety of analytical procedures, some of which are given below. In principle the method consists of the formation of phosphomolybdic acid and its subsequent reduction by...