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Antimony : characteristics, compounds, and applications /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
[2012]
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| Colección: | Materials science and technologies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ANTIMONY ; ANTIMONY ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; ORIGIN OF THE HIGHLY ENRICHED SB-ABUNDANCES IN FINE-DUST ; ABSTRACT ; 1. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTIMONY ; 2. GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS ; 3. NATURAL OCCURRENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RISK ; 4. ANTHROPOGENIC UTILIZATION AND EMISSION OF ANTIMONY ; 5. NON SB-SPECIFIC SOURCES OF EMISSION (UCC, FOSSIL FUELS, ORES) ; 6. EMISSIONS FROM SB-SPECIFIC USES ; 7. DICHOTOMOUS MEASUREMENTS AND THE SOURCES OF SB-EMISSION ; SUMMARY ; REFERENCES ; BRIDGING ANTIMONY KNOWLEDGE GAPS BY ASSESSING ITS BEHAVIOR IN A SEMI ARID CREEK ; ABSTRACT.
- 1. CURRENT INFORMATION AND IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS OF ANTIMONY BEHAVIOR IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS 1.1. Overview of Sb Fate and Transport ; 1.2. Sorption/Desorption of Sb ; 1.2.1. Effects of Chemistry Conditions on Sorption/Desorption ; 1.2.2. Antimony Phase Associations in Sediment ; 1.2.3. Mechanisms for Sb Adsorption/Desorption and Phase Associations ; 1.3. Speciation of Antimony ; 1.4. Sb Transformation ; 1.5. Sb Bioavailablility and Uptake ; 2. INSIGHT INTO SB DYNAMICS FROM A CASE STUDY IN A SEMI-ARID CREEK ; 2.1. Overview ; 2.2. Sb Contamination in a Highly Contaminated Field Site.
- 2.2.1. Antimony Concentrations in the Water and Sediment 2.2.2. Spatial and Temporal Variations of Sb and Effect of Rainfall ; 2.2.3. Pending Research Questions for Future Studies ; 2.3. Mechanistic Level Understanding of Sb Behavior ; 2.3.1. Chemical Binding Forms of Antimony on Streambed Sediments ; 2.3.2. Effects of Stream Water Chemistry on Antimony Release from Contaminated Sediment ; 2.4. Antimony Uptake by the Freshwater Bivalve Mollusk Corbicula Fluminea ; SUMMARY ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; REFERENCES ; LEISHMANIA ANTIMONY RESISTANCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ; ABSTRACT.
- 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ANTIMONY CLINICAL RESISTANCE ; 3. IN VIVO ANTILEISHMANIAL ACTIVITY OF ANTIMONY ; 3. SELECTIVE PRESSURES FOR IN VIVO ANTIMONIAL RESISTANCE ; 4. MONITORING LEISHMANIA ANTIMONY RESISTANCE ; Cellular Models for In vitro Tests ; Biomarker for Antimony Resistance ; CONCLUDING REMARKS ; REFERENCES ; STRUCTURE OF LIQUID SB AND SB-BASED ALLOYS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; PHASE DIAGRAM AND STRUCTURE FEATURES ; Unlimited Solubility Systems ; Eutectic Systems ; Compound Forming Systems; VISCOSITY COEFFICIENT FEUTURES ; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES.
- TYPE-II ANTIMONIDE-BASED SUPERLATTICE PHOTON DETECTORS AND FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS ABSTRACT ; A. INTRODUCTION ; B. MATERIAL SYSTEM ; 1. The 6.1. Angstrom Family ; 2. Type-II InAs/GaSb Superlattice ; C. ADVANTAGES OF TYPE-II SUPERLATTICE ; 1. Band Gap Engineering ; 2. Auger Suppression ; 3. Large Effective Mass ; 4. Normal Incident, Broad Band Absorption ; 5. Good Uniformity ; D. HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF TYPE-II SUPERLATTICE PHOTODETECTORS ; 1. Earlier Years: Proof of Concept for Type-II Superlattice Detectors.