Novel lithium-rich layered Li(1.2)Mn(0.6)Ni(0.1)Co(0.1)O2 microspheres containing hierarchically arranged and interconnected nanostructures have been synthesized by a combination of template-free co-precipitation and solid-state methods. The in situ formed γ-MnO2 spherical template upon co-precipitation gets sacrificed during the course of solid-state fusion of cobalt, nickel and lithium precur...

The elements Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cr, Ni, Pb and Cd were determined in the meat and skin of fish by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). The fish were grown in treated wastewater, Zayanderood river, and fisheries of Flavarjan and Babolsar. Arsenic and mercury in the samples were analyzed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopy and Cold Vapor AAS, respectively. The concentration of t...

rapid expansion of the industrial sector adds more effluent into the agricultural land and in the vicinity of industry, which possesses the major threat of land contamination and environmental degradation. the present study was conducted to determine toxic metal concentration in fly ash and metal accumulation potential of the saccharum munja and cynodon dactylon, the two main grass species grow...

Concentrations of the environmentally sensitive elements (ESEs) As, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn in smaller than 100 μm street dust particles from Xining were measured using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and their contamination levels were assessed based on enrichment factor (EF), geoaccumulation index (Igeo) and pollution load index (PLI). The concentrations of As, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and ...

Levels of the heavy metals Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni), Iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn) were determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer (Model 67OG) in coastal water, sediments and soft tissues of the Saccostrea cucullata, from the intertidal zone at five stations in the Gulf of Chabahar on the Iranian coasts along the Oman Se...

metals bioaccumulation in five organs of cirrhinus  mrigala , labeo  rohita and catla catla captured from three industrial and sewage polluted downstream sites (shahdera = b, sunder = c and balloki = d) were compared with a non-industrial upstream site (siphon = a) during high (post monsoon) and low (winter) flow seasons of river ravi. mean concentrations of metals were significantly higher in ...

the surface sediment samples were analyzed for grain size carbonates (caco3) and organic carbon (oc) to obtain a preliminary view of its environmental conditions near point calimere along the southeast coast of vedaranyam, india. the total concentrations of major elements namely, si, al, fe, ca, mg, na, k and p in the surface sediments of vedaranyam coast are estimated. the element/al ratios al...

Complexes formed between D!glucoheptonate\ D!galactonate\ D!gulonate and D!ribonate\ and several metal ions were obtained in the solid state[ Speci_cally] D!glucoheptonates\ Be"C6H02O7#1 = 0:1H1O\ Mn"C6H02O7#1 = 1H1O\ Co"C6H02O7#1 = 1H1O\ Ni"C6H02O7#1 = 1H1O\ Cu"C6H02O7#1 = 1H1O\ Pb"C6H02O7#1^ D!gal! actonates\ Mn"C5H00O6#1 = 1H1O\ Co"C5H00O6#1 = 2H1O\ Ni"C5H00O6#1 = 2H1O\ Cu"C5H00O6#1\ Pb"C5H0...

Protection from oxidative damage is sufficiently important that biology has evolved three independent enzymes for hastening superoxide dismutation: the Cu- and Zn-containing superoxide dismutases (Cu,Zn-SODs), the SODs that are specific for Fe or Mn or function with either of the two (Fe-SODs, Mn-SODs or Fe/Mn-SODs), and the SODs that use Ni (Ni-SODs). Despite the overwhelming similarities betw...