Investigation of biomethylation of arsenic and tellurium during composting

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 653-659

  Diaz Bone, Roland A ^a   Raabe, Maren ^a   Awißus, Simone ^a   Keuter, Bianca ^a   Menzel, Bernd ^a   Küppers, Klaus ^a   Widmann, Renatus ^a   Hirner, Alfred V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological waste treatment; Biomethylation; GC ICP MS; Hydride generation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WASTE TREATMENT; BIOMETHYLATION; GC-ICP-MS; HYDRIDE GENERATION; SPECIATION;

ARSENIC; GERMANIUM; METALS; SEWAGE; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; GERMANIUM; TELLURIUM; TIN;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPOSTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TELLURIUM; TOXICITY; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAKE FERN; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROND; HEATING; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GERMANIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PTERIS; SALTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TELLURIUM; TIME FACTORS; TIN;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 79956034733     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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