A preliminary study of the release of platinum and palladium from metallic particles in the surface environment by organic acids: Relevance to weathering of particles from vehicle exhaust catalysts

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-693

  Bowles, John F W ^a   Gize, A P ^b  

^a The University of Manchester ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Health; Organic complexes; Platinum; Vehicle exhaust catalysts

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CATALYSTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; VEGETATION; WEATHERING;

DECAYING VEGETATION; FULVIC ACID SOLUTIONS; HUMIC ACID SOLUTIONS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLIC PARTICLES; NATURAL DEPOSITS; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS; VEHICLE EXHAUST CATALYSTS;

MINERALOGY;

ELEMENT MOBILITY; EXHAUST EMISSION; ORGANIC ACID; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 31344476526     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461056950280     Document Type: Article

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