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Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC
From the journal Chemistry International -- Newsmagazine for IUPAC Volume 26 Issue 6

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Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments

The objective of this project is to produce a reference providing the scientific community with a critical evaluation of the biophysico-chemical processes of metals and metalloids in soil environments. The evaluation, which is being conducted by a multidisciplinary group of soil and environmental scientists, will cover interactions with soil components (clay minerals, organics, microorganisms) as well as their speciation, mobility, bioavailability, and toxicity. It will also examine innovative restoration strategies for polluted soils.

The behavior of heavy metals and metalloids depends on chemical, physico-chemical, and biological factors associated with microbial activities. Dynamics and equilibria of these elements in soil environments are significantly influenced by structural, surface, and solution chemistry of soils and interactions of soil minerals with organic components and microorganisms. These physicochemical-biological interactions would influence the transfer of these elements from the inorganic and organic soil constituents to the soil solution and to plants.

Biogeochemical processes operating in soil environments that affect the fate, behavior, and bioavailability of metals and metalloids is currently an area of active research. Yet, a comprehensive and detailed book describing the current state of knowledge on the subject is absent from scientific literature. This book will bring a critical, qualitative and quantitative review of the fundamentals of the physics and chemistry of heavy-metal and metalloid interactions in soils, including the influence of soil microorganisms on these processes. In addition, the book will review the latest advances in spectroscopy and how they can be used to study various aspects of heavy-metal and metalloid interactions with inorganic and organic components.

The book will be co-edited by A. Violante, P.M. Huang, and G.M. Gadd.

For more information, contact Task Group Chairman Antonio Violante <violante@unina.it>.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci.2004.26.6.21b

Articles in the same Issue

  1. From the Editor
  2. Contents
  3. Chemists in a Vulnerable World
  4. Strengthening International Science for the Benefit of Society: An Overview of the International Council for Science
  5. Women in Chemistry: Her Lab in Your Life
  6. The Future of Chemistry Education
  7. Young Observers Going to Beijing
  8. Marian Góral Received the 2004 Franzosini Award
  9. International Year of Physics, 2005
  10. Electromotivity to Replace Electromotive Force?
  11. Bonded by Stereobonds
  12. Reference Methods, Standards, and Applications of Photoluminescence
  13. Glossary of Terms Used in Biomolecular Screening
  14. Practical Studies for Medicinal Chemistry Guidelines
  15. Internationally Agreed Terminology for Observations in Scientific Communication
  16. Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments
  17. Quantities, Terminology, and Symbols in Photothermal and Related Spectroscopies (IUPAC Recommendations 2004)
  18. Electrochemical Detection in Liquid Flow Analytical Techniques: Characterization and Classification (IUPAC Technical Report)
  19. Piezoelectric Chemical Sensors (IUPAC Technical Report)
  20. Guidelines for Calibration in Analytical Chemistry. Part 2: Multicomponent Calibration (IUPAC Technical Report)
  21. Critical Evaluation of the State of the Art of the Analysis of Light Elements in Thin Films Demonstrated Using the Examples of SiOXNY and AlOXNY Films (IUPAC Technical Report)
  22. Mechanisms of Immunosensitization to Metals (IUPAC Technical Report)
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  26. Polymers in Medicine, Nanotechnology, Degradation, and Stabilization
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  28. Functional and Nano Systems
  29. π-Electron Systems
  30. Biomolecular Chemistry
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  33. Hydrogen Energy
  34. Polymer Gels and Networks
  35. Nanostructured Advanced Materials
  36. Physics and Sustainable Development
  37. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins
  38. Mark Your Calendar
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