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Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: I. Occurrence

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Antimony is ubiquitously present in the environment as a result of natural processes and human activities as discussed by the authors and is considered to be priority pollutants interest by the USEPA and the EU.
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This article is published in Earth-Science Reviews.The article was published on 2002-01-01. It has received 1051 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antimony & Antimonite.

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Pilot-Scale Decontamination of Small-Arms Shooting Range Soil Polluted with Copper, Lead, Antimony, and Zinc by Acid and Saline Leaching

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated at the pilot scale the performance of a chemical leaching process for Pb, Cu, Sb, and Zn removal from a fine fraction of soil at two C...
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Genomic and physiological characterization of an antimony and arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Roseomonas rhizosphaerae

TL;DR: An enzymatic basis for microbial Sb(III) oxidation in strain YW11, which is a novel bacterial strain showing simultaneous oxidation of Sb (III) and As(III), and may be a potential candidate for bioremediation of heavy metal-contaminated environments.
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Distribution characteristics, sources and ecological risk of antimony in the surface sediments of Changjiang Estuary and the adjacent sea, East China.

TL;DR: The result of potential ecological index indicated the very low Sb concentrations could hardly threat the ecological environment of the study area.
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Facile co-removal of As(V) and Sb(V) from aqueous solution using Fe-Cu binary oxides: Structural modification and self-driven force field of copper oxides

TL;DR: In this article , a 2/1 ratio of Fe/Cu was determined to be a suitable proportion with a higher co-adsorption capacity, specifically 70.9 mg ·g−1 for As(V) and 94.3 mg·g −1 for Sb(V).
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