This study presents results of chemical leaching of contaminated soil from several metallurgically loaded locality of Richnava in Slovakia, applying two chelants – Na2EDTA and Na3EDDS of different molar concentration, done at different leaching conditions. The lower molar concentration (2 mM) of chelants showed comparable effect on Mn, Ni, As...

By Zuzana Danková, Iveta Štyriaková, Ľubica Kovaničová, Katarína Čechovská, Marián Košuth, Jaroslav Šuba, Jarmila Nováková, Patrik Konečný, Ľubomír Tuček, Katarína Žecová, Eva Lenhardtová, Zoltán Németh

The adsorption of Zn(II) and Cu(II) onto siderite (S) and kaolin (K) and adsorption of As(V) onto bentonite (B) was studied. The chemical modification – precipitation of MnO2 on the kaolin (KM) and siderite (SM) surface was used to improve the adsorption properties of natural materials for their application in columns. In the batch tests the higher...

By Zuzana Danková, Alexandra Bekényiová, Zuzana Mitróová, Danka Gešperová

The mineral composition of plant extracts from the Boraginaceae family was examined in this paper. The research includes the plants: Anchusa officinalis L., Echium vulgare L. and Echium italicum L. Content analysis of the elements was done using inductively coupled plasma with a mass spectrophotometer. The results of the study showed that the extra...

By Ivana Bošković, Dragutin Đukić, Pavle Mašković, Leka Mandić, Svetlana Perović, Aleksandra Govedarica Lučić, Zoranka Malešević

Research on potentially toxic elements chromium and nickel and laboratory testing of their concentrations was carried out in the wider area of Maglaj, with the aim to detect and determine their quantities, which gave basis for discussion about origins of these pollutants in soil. Field and laboratory observations included 45 soil samples, taken by ...

By Elvir Babajić, Alisa Babajić, Željka Stjepić Srkalović, Dado Srkalović, Samir Ustalić, Husnija Akmadžić