Metals and Their Compounds in the Environment: Occurrence, Analysis and Biological Relevance - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 352726521X ISBN 13: 9783527265213

Publisher: Wiley VCH, 1990

Synopsis

A source of reference unique in the sheer breadth of material covered, this handbook contains detailed information on the environmental metals which influence the health of plants, animals and humans. Particular attention is given to the environmental and analytical chemistry (sources, speciation, transports), bioavailability, metabolic pathways and biological effects. The handbook also delineates the problems related to waste, soils and wildlife as well as the risks caused by the increasing output of metals from industry and from households (e.g. incineration, dumping and legal limitations).

The first part comprises 36 general contributions on the role of metals and their compounds in the environment. In the second part, 37 metals are described systematically according to six major environmental criteria. An extensive bibliography of the most recent literature completes each chapter.

International experts from fifteen countries have pooled their knowledge and experience to create this unusually comprehensive handbook.

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"This reference work is recommended for academic and special libraries." E–STREAMS "Every reader will come across so very many new discoveries while browsing through the pages or looking up a specific topic that he will have a hard time putting the books down. The conciseness of the information and its validity makes it a superior essential reference." Environmental Geology "This masterwork is indispensable for all those in the different aspects of the occurrence of trace elements in the environment?" International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry "If I had to advocate a single–source only on this broad topic, it would be this new edition of The Merian... This is why this new edition of "Elements and their Compounds in the Environment – Occurrence, Analysis, and Biological Relevance" obviously belongs as an established standard reference in every serious library as a "must–have". Environmental Geology "It is difficult to imagine any self–respecting technical or scientific library being without a copy." Applied Organometallic Chemistry "... has established itself as the standard reference on this topic. This masterwork is indispensable for all those involved in the different aspects of the occurrence of trace elements in the environment, either analytical or environmental chemists, toxicologists or policy–makers. Scientists will find in these pages much relevant information for their purposes." International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

“It is difficult to imagine any self–respecting technical or scientific library being without a copy.” ( Applied Organometallic Chemistry , March 2005) “This masterwork is indispensable for all those in the different aspects of the occurrence of trace elements in the environment...” ( International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry , Vol.84, No.14–15, 10–20 December 2004) "This reference work is recommended for academic and special libraries." ( E–STREAMS , November 2004)

Synopsis

Containing detailed information on the environmental metals which influence the health of plants, animals and humans this handbook gives particular attention to the environmental and analytical chemistry, (sources, speciation, transports), bioavailability, metabolic pathways and biological effects. The handbook also delineates the problems related to waste, soils and wildlife as well as the risks caused by the increasing output of metals from industry and households, including incineration, damping and legal limitations. The first part comprises 36 general contributions on the role of metals and their compounds in the environment. In the second part 37 metals are described systematically according to six major environmental criteria. An extensive bibliography of the most recent literature completes each chapter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley VCH
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 352726521X
• ISBN 13: 9783527265213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1461
• Editor: Merian Ernest