Physicochemical Aspects of the Contamination of Soil and Hydrosphere with Heavy Metals
VLADISLAV V. GONCHARUK, NELI M. SOBOLEVA and ALEXANDER A. NOSONOVICH
Dumansky Institute of Colloid Chemistry and Chemistry of Water,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, bulvar Vernadskogo 42,
Kiev-142, MSP (Ukraine), E-mail: honch@iccwc.kiev.ua
Pages: 787-801
Abstract
Perspective directions and results of the investigations of physicochemical transformations undergone by mineral and organic components of soil and natural water in the presence of heavy metal ions, which are among the most widespread pollutants of the biosphere, are considered. The mechanism of the indicated processes is discussed along with the effect of various factors on their kinetics (nature of heavy metals and substrate, pH of the medium, action of solar radiation, etc.).
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