1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009965310403321

Titolo

Archeourb : archeologia e città / a cura di Renato Capozzi, Adelina Picone, Federica Visconti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : CLEAN, 2011

ISBN

978-88-8497-179-1

Descrizione fisica

159 p. : ill. ; 21x23 cm

Disciplina

711.3

Locazione

FLFBC

FARBC

Collocazione

711.3 CAP 1

ARCH B 3144

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo inglese a fronte



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554225403321

Autore

Filella Montserrat

Titolo

Antimony / / Montserrat Filella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-11-066545-X

3-11-066871-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 388 p.)

Classificazione

VH 8024

Disciplina

669.75

Soggetti

Antimony

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.