The anthrobiogeochemical cycle of indium: A review of the natural and anthropogenic cycling of indium in the environment

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-186

  White, Sarah Jane O ^a   Hemond, Harold F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

emergine contaminant; indium; life cycle analysis; metal cycline

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; EMERGINE CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; INDIUM CONCENTRATION; INFORMED DECISION; LED INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH NEEDS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

INDIUM;

BICARBONATE; DRINKING WATER; FOSSIL FUEL; FRESH WATER; HYDROXIDE; INDIUM; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SULFURIC ACID; THALLIUM;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INDIUM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RESEARCH WORK; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DUST; ELECTRODE; LUNG TOXICITY; SEA; SEMICONDUCTOR; TOXICITY; WEATHERING;

EID: 84855866493     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.498755     Document Type: Article

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