Improved scales for metal ion softness and toxicity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-533

  Kinraide, Thomas B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hardness; Metal ion; Softness; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BULK METALS; CHEMICAL HARDNESS; FIRST IONIZATION POTENTIALS; INTERACTIVE FUNCTIONS; ION CHARGE; K-VALUES; METAL ION BINDING; METAL SULFIDES; SOFTNESS; SOLUBILITY PRODUCT; STANDARD ELECTRODE POTENTIAL;

HARDNESS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; METAL IONS; TOXICITY;

METALS;

LIGAND; METAL ION; SULFIDE; METAL;

BULK DENSITY; ELECTRODE; HARDNESS; ION; METAL; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARDNESS; IONIZATION; METAL BINDING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 66649083865     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-208.1     Document Type: Article

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