Inorganic-polymer composites are widely used as radio-absorbing materials, the study of their properties is important from point view improving technical characteristics. The results Nafion/thermoexpanded graphite and Nafion/carbon black by nuclear magnetic resonance thermogravimetry presented. formation new compounds at contact boundaries components, leading to thermal stabilization composites...

Evidence of an inorganic carbon concentrating system in a marine macroalga is provided here. Based on an O(2) technique, supported by determinations of inorganic carbon concentrations, of experimental media (as well as compensation points) using infrared gas analysis, it was found that Ulva fasciata maintained intracellular inorganic carbon levels of 2.3 to 6.0 millimolar at bulk medium concent...

Background: As the decomposition of lignocellulosic compounds is a rate-limiting stage in the nutrient mineralization from organic matters, elucidation of the changes in soil enzyme activity can provide insight into the nutrient dynamics and ecosystem functioning. The current study aimed to assess the effect of thinning intensities on soil conditions. Un-thinned control, 20 % thinning, and 30 %...

Arsenic, arsenic trioxide and pentoxide, arsenous acids, arsenic acid and their salts (arsenites and arsenates) are carcinogenic substances (Carcinogen category 1) and do not, therefore, have MAK and BAT values (Greim 2002). The former TRK value (technical exposure limit) for arsenic and its inorganic compounds was 0.10 mg arsenic/m (measured as the inhalable fraction of the aerosol; calculated...

The interconversion of carbon in organic, inorganic and refractory carbon is still beyond the grasp of present environmentalists. The bacteria and their phages being the most abundant constituents of the aquatic environment, represents an ideal model for studing carbon regulation in aquatic system. The refractory dissolved organic carbon (DOC) a recently coined terminology from the microbe-driv...

The bacteria and their phages are the most abundant constituents of the aquatic environment, and so represent an ideal model for studying carbon regulation in an aquatic system. The microbe-mediated interconversion of bioavailable organic carbon (OC) into dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by the microbial carbon pump (MCP) has been suggested to have the potential to revolutionize our view of carbo...

High concentrations of inorganic carbon in the xylem, produced from root, stem, and branch respiration, travel via the transpiration stream and eventually exit the plant through distant tissues as CO2. Unlike previous studies that focused on the efflux of CO2 from roots and woody tissues, we focus on efflux from leaves and the potential effect on leaf respiration measurements. We labeled transp...

Coccolithophores play an important role in the marine carbon cycle. Variations in light intensity and external carbonate system composition alter intracellular carbon fluxes and therewith the production rates of particulate organic and inorganic carbon. Aiming to find a mechanistic explanation for the interrelation between dissolved inorganic carbon fluxes and particulate carbon production rate...