UID:
almahu_9948197166302882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :
,
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
ISBN:
9780470369265
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0470369264
,
9780470371046
,
0470371048
,
128183131X
,
9781281831316
Inhalt:
Provides a viable reference, describing the state-of-knowledge on sources of arsenic contamination in ground water, which affects about 100 million people worldwide.; With contributions from world-renowned experts in the field, this book explores developments in the transport kinetics, detection, measurement, seasonal cycling, accumulation, geochemistry, removal, and toxicology of arsenic.; Includes compelling case studies describing how arsenic contamination occurs and the devastating effects on the people and environment affected by it.
Anmerkung:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The Problem of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater -- 2 Fate of Arsenic in Irrigation Water and Its Potential Impact on the Food Chain -- 3 Microbial Controls on the Geochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Groundwater Systems -- 4 Molecular Detection of Dissimilatory Arsenate-Respiring Bacteria in North Carolina Groundwater -- 5 Biogeochemical Mechanisms of Arsenic Mobilization and Sequestration -- 6 Geomicrobiology of Iron and Arsenic in Anoxic Sediments -- 7 Development of Measurement Technologies for Low-Cost, Reliable, Rapid, On-Site Determination of Arsenic Compounds in Water -- 8 Field Test Kits for Arsenic: Evaluation in Terms of Sensitivity, Reliability, Applicability, and Cost -- 9 Mucilage of Opuntia ficus-indica for Use as a Flocculant of Suspended Particulates and Arsenic -- 10 Prediction of Arsenic Removal by Adsorptive Media: Comparison of Field and Laboratory Studies -- 11 Arsenic Remediation of Bangladesh Drinking Water Using Iron Oxide8211;Coated Coal Ash -- 12 Development of a Simple Arsenic Filter for Groundwater of Bangladesh Based on a Composite Iron Matrix -- 13 Community-Based Wellhead Arsenic Removal Units in Remote Villages of West Bengal, India -- 14 Water Supply Technologies for Arsenic Mitigation -- 15 Solutions for Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Arsenic contamination of groundwater. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2008 ISBN 9780470144473
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470371046
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470371046
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