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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.About:
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.read more
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The chemistry and behaviour of antimony in the soil environment with comparisons to arsenic: A critical review
TL;DR: Characteristics of the Sb soil system are reviewed, with an emphasis on speciation, sorption and phase associations, identifying differences between Sb and As behaviour.
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Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: II. Relevant solution chemistry
TL;DR: In this article, the main characteristics of the solution chemistry of antimony in relation to its behaviour and fate in natural waters are discussed based on a careful and systematic examination of a comprehensive collection of solution equilibrium and environmentally oriented studies, some published more than 100 years ago.
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Mine tailings dams: Characteristics, failure, environmental impacts, and remediation
David Kossoff,David Kossoff,William E. Dubbin,Maria Alfredsson,Stephen J. Edwards,Mark G. Macklin,Mark G. Macklin,Karen A. Hudson-Edwards +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the characteristics, types and magnitudes, environmental impacts, and remediation of mine tailings dam failures is presented, covering the characteristics of the tailings held within these dams, what best safety practice is for these structures, and what adverse effects such accidents might have on the wider environment and how these might be mitigated.
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Arsenic and antimony in water and wastewater: overview of removal techniques with special reference to latest advances in adsorption
TL;DR: An overview of As and Sb chemistry, distribution and toxicity, which are relevant aspects to understand and develop remediation techniques are presented, and several alternative sorbents have been presenting promising results.
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Antimony pollution in China.
TL;DR: The local environments around Sb mining and smelting areas were seriously contaminated and plants growing in these contaminated soils accumulated high levels of Sb and exceeded the tolerable concentration, thus threatening the health of local inhabitants.
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Regional distribution of arsenic, selenium and antimony in humus layers of Norwegian soils.
E. Steinnes,J. Lag +1 more
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Investigation of the emissions of an antimony metallurgical factory with transmission electron microscopy.
TL;DR: Transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence and selected area electron diffraction has been used for the identification of individual particles in the emissions of an antimony refining plant.
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Incidence and variability of some elements in the non tidal region of the River Thames, and River Kennet, U.K.
S. Habib,M.J. Minski +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Neutron activation analysis was used to determine 30 elements in the river water samples, including dissolved Cr, Fe and Se correlated positively with river flow rate whereas Rb and Zn had a significant negative correlation.
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Separation of antimony from sea water by flotation
Susumu Nakashima,Masakazu Yagi +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a flotation technique for the preconcentration of submicrogram amounts of antimony in natural sea water has been described, where the precipitate is readily separated from the mother liquor and then dissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid for the atomic absorption spectrophotometry by generating stibine using sodium borohydride as a reductant.