Antimony / Montserrat Filella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Filella, Montserrat, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antimony.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 388 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Antimony (Sb) is an exciting chemical element ubiquitously present in our daily lives. This book provides a coherent and interdisciplinary picture of our current understanding of this element. Subjects ranging from its mineralogy, mining and environmental chemistry to its potential impact in ecosystems and human health are discussed in this monograph.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1 A brief history of antimony

Chapter 2 Primary and secondary minerals of antimony

Chapter 3 Economic geology and environmental characteristics of antimony deposits

Chapter 4 Review of the anthropogenic flows and stocks of antimony

Chapter 5 Antimony in China

Chapter 6 Diffuse soil contamination by antimony

Chapter 7 Antimony soil–plant transfer

Chapter 8 Shooting range contamination: antimony occurrence, transport, and fate

Chapter 9 From headwaters to oceans: antimony across the aquatic continuum

Chapter 10 Radioactive antimony: known emissions and environmental dispersion

Chapter 11 Biomethylation and biovolatilization of antimony

Chapter 12 Molecular mechanisms of antimony transport and detoxification

Chapter 13 Pentavalent antimonials in the treatment of human leishmaniasis

Chapter 14 Ecotoxicity of antimony

Chapter 15 Antimony: human exposure

Chapter 16 Legislating antimony and its compounds

Appendix

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110665451

311066545X

9783110668711

3110668718

OCLC:

1262307330