Synthesis of Clay—Cerium Hydroxide Conjugates for the Adsorption of Arsenic by Yoshimi Seida, Yasuo Izumi

“…Co-existing anions in the aqueous solutions such as chloride, carbonate, sulphate and phosphate had little effect on the removal of arsenic.…”
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Evaluation of Acid Leaching on the Removal of Heavy Metals and Soil Fertility in Contaminated Soil by Chen-Yao Chu, Tzu-Hsing Ko

“…A five-step sequential extraction revealed that the bound-to-carbonate and bound-to-Fe-Mn oxides were the major forms of the heavy metals in the soil. …”
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The aging hematopoietic stem cell niche: a mini review by Xin Gao, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Owen J. Tamplin

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An Optimal Design of Driving Mechanism in a 1 Degree of Freedom (d.o.f.) Anthropomorphic Finger by M. Ceccarelli, N. E. N. Rodríguez, G. Carbone, C. Lopez-Cajùn

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Nano-Sized Ultrasound Contrast Agent: Salting-Out Method by Margaret A. Wheatley, John Lewandowski

“…Addition of the porogens ammonium carbonate and camphor, required to produce hollow echogenic capsules, also increased the size (eg, 5 wt% PVA, mean solid nanocapsule size 386 ± 25 nm, polydispersity index 0.367 ± 0.14, and mean UCA size 640 ± 18 nm, polydispersity index 0.308 ± 0.027). …”
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Petrochemical Wastewater Treatment by Eggshell Modified Biochar as Adsorbent: Atechno-Economic and Sustainable Approach by Andy G. Kumi, Mona G. Ibrahim, Manabu Fujii, Mahmoud Nasr

“…Sewage sludge biochar was modified with eggshell, showing a relatively high fixed C content (increase in carbonization degree), and small O/C and N/C ratios. …”
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Effective and selective removal of aromatic amines from water by Cu-treated chitosan/alumina nanocomposite by Siamak Zavareh, Armen Avanes, Parizad Beiramyan

“…The adsorbent had high selectivity for adsorption of aniline and dimethyl aniline in the presence of chloride, nitrate, sulfate, phosphate, and carbonate as natural waters common anions. The modified adsorbent exhibited good regeneration ability. …”
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Life-Threatening Hypocalcemia following Subtotal Parathyroidectomy in a Patient with Renal Failure and Previous Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery by Betsy Palal, Marvin Sinsakul, Sirimon Reutrakul

“…She required 18 days of intravenous calcium and an outpatient maintenance regimen of calcitriol 6 mcg/day, calcium carbonate 8 grams/day, calcium citrate 1.2 grams/day, and ergocalciferol 50,000 IU/week. …”
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Seismic Diffraction Analysis of a Fluid Escape Pipe beneath the Submarine Gas Bubble Plume in the Haima Cold Seep Area by Bin Liu, Li Yang, Jiangxin Chen, Leonardo Azevedo, Tonggang Han

“…It is characterized by a string of events with short and strong seismic amplitudes, similar to the string of bead reflections (SBRs) associated with small-scale caves in carbonate reservoirs. This leads to the hypothesis that multiple small-scale bodies exist within the pipe structure. …”
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Simplified Transient Hot-Wire Method for Effective Thermal Conductivity Measurement in Geo Materials: Microstructure and Saturation Effect by B. Merckx, P. Dudoignon, J. P. Garnier, D. Marchand

“…The lime-hemp concrete allows the measurements during the setting, desiccation and carbonation steps. The recorded Δ𝑇/ln(𝑡) diagrams allow the calculation of one effective thermal conductivity in the continuous and homogeneous fluids and two effective thermal conductivities in the heterogeneous solids. …”
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Use of suspensions of phytosterol microparticles to improve the solubility of methane in water☆ by Gallard Jeanne, Wantz Eliot, Hébrard Gilles, Bouchoux Antoine, Mouloungui Zéphirin, Valentin Romain

“…The solubility of the phytosterols in water was improved chemically, by functionalization with glycerol carbonate in solvent-free conditions, and physically, by antisolvent precipitation to form particles in water. …”
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Zeta Potential Change and curing effects on Shield Muck solidified by Metal Ion Complex Catalysis by Bosong Ding, Ping Lou, Isamu Yoshitake, Rui Wang, Zhenyu Wang, You Wang

“…Results showed that the metal ion complex significantly reduces the surface zeta potential of shield muck and conventional curing materials, with cement showing the most substantial effect, followed by shield muck, calcium carbonate, and calcium sulfate. The concentration of metal ion complex negatively correlates with the zeta potential within a range of 0 to 100 mmol/L. …”
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Distributions of Trace Elements and Their Relationships With Heavy Minerals in Some Chinese Low‐Rank Coals by Peng Jin, Chong Tian, Yuxuan Huang, Bengen Gong, Xiaochuan Wang

“…TEs such as Cu, Zn, Tl, As, Cd, Sn, Ni, Sb, Pb have an affinity to occur in pyrite; Gd, Sr, Ba, Eu, and Bi are associated with barite; Cr, Mo are abundant in Fe‐bearing carbonate.…”
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Biogas generation from floral waste using different techniques by M.B. Kulkarni, P.M. Ghanegaonkar

“…A novel alkaline pretreatment of the floral waste using sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate gives an improvement in biogas output by 106%, with a saving in the cost of chemical pretreatment up to 96%, compared to traditional sodium hydroxide pretreatment. …”
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Decomposition and Mineralization of Dimethyl Phthalate in an Aqueous Solution by Wet Oxidation by Dar-Ren Ji, Chia-Chi Chang, Shih-Yun Chen, Chun-Yu Chiu, Jyi-Yeong Tseng, Ching-Yuan Chang, Chiung-Fen Chang, Sheng-Wei Chiang, Zang-Sie Hung, Je-Lueng Shie, Yi-Hung Chen, Min-Hao Yuan

“…The decomposition efficiency ηDMP of DMP and mineralization efficiency ηTOC of total organic carbons were measured to evaluate the effects of operation parameters on the performance of WOP. …”
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Micromorphological and Chemical Approaches to Understand Changes in Ecological Functions of Metal-Impacted Soils under Various Land Uses by J. A. Acosta, S. Martinez-Martinez, A. Faz, J. M. Van Mourik, J. M. Arocena

“…Metals immobilization on carbonates and Fe/Mn oxides, and fertilizations reduced the negative effects of metals on faunal activity. …”
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Behavior and Distribution of Heavy Metals Including Rare Earth Elements, Thorium, and Uranium in Sludge from Industry Water Treatment Plant and Recovery Method of Metals by Biosurf... by Lidi Gao, Naoki Kano, Yuichi Sato, Chong Li, Shuang Zhang, Hiroshi Imaizumi

“…Saponin has selectivity for the mobilization of heavy metals and mainly reacts with heavy metals in F3 (the fraction bound to carbonates) and F5 (the fraction bound to Fe-Mn oxides). (3) The recovery efficiency of heavy metals (Pb, Ni, and Cr) reached about 90–100% using a precipitation method with alkaline solution.…”
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Hydrochemistry and Entropy-Based Groundwater Quality Assessment in the Suining Area, Southwestern China by Yunhui Zhang, Xiao Li, Ming Luo, Changli Wei, Xun Huang, Yong Xiao, Limao Qin, Qiuming Pei

“…Correlations of ions and geomodelling revealed the concentrations of major ions were mainly determined by carbonate dissolution and ion exchange process, and NO3− concentrations were controlled by agriculture activities. …”
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Physicochemical Properties of Calcium Phosphate Based Coating on Gutta-Percha Root Canal Filling by Afaf Al-Haddad, Muralithran G. Kutty, Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim, Zeti Adura Che Ab Aziz

“…The presence of hydroxyl, carbonate, and phosphate groups was detected by FTIR while the formation of hydroxyapatite (HA)/calcium phosphate was confirmed with XRD. …”
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Sulfur Speciation in the Surface Sediments of Lakes from Different Regions, China: Characterization by S K-Edge XANES Spectroscopy by Wang Jingfu, Chen Jingan, Dai Zhihui, Yang Haiquan, Ma Chenyan

“…The three lakes located in Southwest China have similar composition characteristics of S species, indicating similar S sources including chemical weathering of carbonate and atmospheric deposition. 60–90% of S compounds in the surface sediments were in the form of sulfate and FeS. …”
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