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Plant-Availability Fractionation Of Nickel For Bioremediation, Jason Henrie
Plant-Availability Fractionation Of Nickel For Bioremediation, Jason Henrie
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The bioremediation of contaminated soils or the biomining of waste tillings has been explored through the use of hyperaccumulating plants such as S. polygaloides which is a nickel hyperaccumulator. However, it is important to discover which soils are well-suited for this type of process by determining the plant-availability of the nickel. By extracting the nickel sequentially with increasing severity it is possible to determine the chemical distribution, or fractionation, of nickel in a soil. One fraction is already suspected to be plant-available and correlates very well with the results of a previous plant-availability study. A calcareous Millville silt loam which …
Thermal Decomposition Of Cp*Re(Co)(No)No2, Kale Allen Swainston
Thermal Decomposition Of Cp*Re(Co)(No)No2, Kale Allen Swainston
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The focus of this work is to examine the thermal reactivity of the Cp*Re(CO)(NO)NO2 complex. Upon heating with a flame, the orange crystals decompose very rapidly, with a darkening of color and gas production. To investigate this reaction, the decomposition was carefully controlled by heating with N2 gas, and in heated solution. The products obtained from the heated solution were purified using column chromatography, yielding two new interesting compounds, believed to be Cp*ReNO dimers with bridging oxygens.
Site-Directed Mutagenesis Of The Nitrogenase Fe-Protein From Azotobacter Vinelandii, Talmage L. Shill
Site-Directed Mutagenesis Of The Nitrogenase Fe-Protein From Azotobacter Vinelandii, Talmage L. Shill
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Nitrogen fixation is the chemical reaction of dinitrogen (N2) being reduced to ammonia (NH3). This reaction occurs naturally by nitrogen fixing microorganisms which contain the enzyme nitrogenase. The overall reaction is written below.
Determination Of Intracellular Glutathione Concentration Using Monobromobimane, Ryan R. Owens
Determination Of Intracellular Glutathione Concentration Using Monobromobimane, Ryan R. Owens
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Asbestos is a general term for a group of fibrous silicates. Diseases such as asbestosis, bronchogenic carcinoma, and mesothelioma have been linked to asbestos exposure (1,2). The 1 two classes of asbestos, serpentine and amphibole, are distinguished by differences in structure and chemical composition (3). The amphibole crocidolite contains 27% iron while the serpentine chrysotile contains only 2-3% iron. The higher iron content of crocidolite is proposed to be a contributing factor for a much higher incidence of cancer with crocidolite exposure compared with chrysotile exposure ( 4). Iron mobilized intracellularly from asbestos fibers may participate in the formation of …