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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental Chemistry

Volume 18 Number 1 2021

EN20133Geochemical factors affecting the solubility of copper in seawater

Brad M. Angel 0000-0001-5614-7499, Simon C. Apte, Graeme E. Batley and Mark Raven
pp. 1-11

Environmental context. Many trace metals, including copper, are only sparingly soluble in seawater and may exist in both dissolved and particulate forms (e.g. as precipitates). Aquatic organisms may experience different toxic effects from exposure to dissolved and particulate trace metals. This study investigates how concentration, reaction time and changes to precipitate composition/mineral formation affect copper solubility in seawater, thus influencing metal bioavailability and toxicity in the field and laboratory.

EN20096Speciation and partitioning of uranium in waterbodies near Ranger Uranium Mine

Scott A. McMaster 0000-0002-4824-6048, Barry N. Noller 0000-0003-1909-7159, Chris L. Humphrey 0000-0001-6359-4510, Melanie A. Trenfield 0000-0002-2327-7569 and Andrew J. Harford 0000-0002-0330-7505
pp. 12-19

Environmental context. As a part of the rehabilitation of Ranger Uranium Mine, Northern Australia, closure criteria for water concentrations of uranium and other contaminants in local waterbodies have been developed. Increased concentrations of uranium in the water column can result in an accumulation of uranium in the sediment and be hazardous to benthic organisms. A uranium partitioning relationship was derived to predict sediment uranium concentrations from water column concentrations.


Environmental context. Industrial development has caused the release of hexavalent chromium and nitrates into the environment. Interactions of hexavalent chromium and nitrates with microorganisms are important both for understanding environmental behaviour and for treatment options. Bacterial removal of both chromium and nitrate was optimised in waters relevant to waste streams and the environment.

EN20073Experimental simulation of stratospheric ozone reactions with chloroalkane organic pollutants

Serguei V. Savilov, Natalia E. Strokova 0000-0003-4529-2580, Anton S. Ivanov and Igor I. Morozov
pp. 31-37

Environmental context. Chlorinated organic atmospheric pollutants, which can be produced naturally or anthropogenically, are considered as a factor responsible for stratospheric ozone depletion. Based on experimental simulations and low temperature vibrational spectroscopy, this work reports a mechanism for the reaction of chloroalkanes with ozone. This reaction leads to the formation of the photochemically reactive chlorine oxide species. Kinetics and implications of the reactions are discussed.

EN20123Competitive adsorption of ofloxacin enantiomers to goethite: experiments and modelling

Xiaopeng Qin 0000-0002-1726-6564, Xiaofei Zhong, Ping Du, Juan Chen, Junfeng Jia, Ying He, Fei Liu and Liping Weng
pp. 38-44
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Environmental context. The concentration, types and distribution of antibiotics in soils can have environmental effects and can be modelled using laboratory systems. Adsorption of ofloxacin (OFL) and levofloxacin (LEV) enantiomers to goethite can probe this behaviour and each binds differently to the solid phase. The different behaviour of LEV and OFL in relation to solid-solution partitioning will affect their environmental fate.

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