Nanotechnology and the Environment - Chapter 4 pot

... Rainwater 83 4. 4.1 Introduction 83 4. 4.2 The Presence of Radioactivity in Rainwater: Sources and Pathways 84 4 .4. 2.1 Natural Radioactivity 84 4 .4. 2.2 Man-Made Radioactivity 84 4 .4. 3 Levels and Distribution ... 60 4. 3 Radionuclides in the Sea and Ocean 68 4. 3.1 System Overview 68 4. 3.2 Sources and Sinks of Natural Radionuclides in the Ocean 70 4. 3.3 TE...

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... 68 00 l/kg in freshwater systems and 550 l/kg in the marine environment. These differences are explained by the salinity and, more precisely, by the stable isotope/analog content. Other radio- elements ... iodine and insignificant for noble gases [14]. 6. 3 TRANSFER IN TERRESTRIAL FOOD CHAINS Airborne radionuclides are transported downwind and dispersed by the mixing pr...

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... 1996. 88 . Food Standards Agency and Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Radio- activity in Food and the Environment, 1997, RIFE-3, Food Standards Agency and SEPA, London and Stirling, 19 98. 89 . ... reindeer meat in 1 986 , and later demonstrated a marked seasonal variation in the concentration linked with the migration of the animals between their summer ra...

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... spec- trometer. A correlation curve between the count rate of the γ-ray standard and the sample counting efficiency is obtained using a set of quenched standards. The α particle-emitting radionuclides ... 10 MeV, and cannot be used for low-energy - and x-rays because they cannot penetrate the aluminum detector window and high-energy γ-rays might pass through the sensiti...

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... Radionuclide Concentrations in Food and the Environment 11. 7 SUPPLEMENTAL READING Charlton, M.A. and Emery, R.J., An analysis of reported incidents involving radiophar- maceuticals for the ... those individuals in laboratories involved with the analysis of radioactivity in food and the environment. Sources of radiation inherent to these analytical processes and...

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... Applications 23 2. 4.1 Titanium Dioxide 25 2. 4 .2 Zero -Valent I ron 25 2. 4.3 Silver 26 2. 4.4 Carbon Black 27 2. 4.5 Carbon Nanotubes 28 2. 4.6 Fullerenes 29 2. 5 Summary 30 References 31 © 20 09 by Taylor ... nanomateri- alstoillustratevariousaspectsofnanotechnology.Unlessotherwisenoted,product informationinthischapteroriginatedfromtheNanotechnologyConsumerProducts Invento...

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... worker exposure. The environmental question that then arises is the capture and reuse of © 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 46 Nanotechnology and the Environment FIGURE 3. 5 Example of template-directed ... 33 3. 1.1 Manufacturing: Form and Function 33 3. 1.2 Looking Forward…Looking Back 34 3. 2 A Brief Pr imer on Ma nufactu ri ng Processes 35 3. 3 Ramications...

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... CAA§112(f)(2) ,42 U.S.C.§ 741 2(f)(2). 41 . 42 U.S.C.§ 741 2(r)(1). 42 . CAA § 112(r)(2)(A), 42 U.S.C. § 741 2(r)(2(A). 43 . CAA§112(r)(3 )-( 5) ,42 U.S.C.§ 741 2(r)(3 )-( 5). 44 . CWA§101(a),33U.S.C.§1251(a). 45 . CWA§301(a),33U.S.C.§1311(a). 46 . ... http://www.epa.gov/air/particles/ pdfs/whitepaper20051220.pdf. 35 . 42 U.S.C.,§ 741 2. 36. CAA,§112(b)(2) ,42 U.S.C.§ 741 2(b)(2)...

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... (SPM) Scanningprobemicroscopy(SPM),arelativelynewertool,providesatruethree- dimensionalsurfaceimage.SPMincludesavarietyofdifferenttechniques,includ - ingatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM)andscanningtunnelingmicroscopy(STM), whichhaveprovenusefulforimagingandmeasuringmaterialsatthenanoscale. SPMtechniquesarebasedonamechanicalsurveyofthesurfaceofanobjectorpar - ti cle.Averynetipmountedonacanti...

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... a () e " © « ª ¹ » º  © « ª ¹ » º 4 1 45 1 6 0 3 0 9 0 3 U ¬¬ ®   ¼ ¾ ½ ½ (6. 27) where n isthenumberofbindingsitesuponthenanoparticle.Examplesofthedif- ferentialrelationsareprovidedinFigure6.6forC60fullerene-fullerene[A]andC60 fullerene ... [31]. 6. 5 CONCLUSIONS Laboratoryandeldstudiestodateshowhownanomaterialsinteractwitheachother andwithotherenvironmentalconstituentstoaffectt...

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... because the toxicity of nanomaterials and theirfateandtransportintheenvironmentwerenotwellunderstoodatthetime, theBritishRoyalSocietyandtheRoyalAcademyofEngineeringrecommended that “factories and ... nano-C60, the water-stable aggregate that forms when fullerenes (C60) come in contact with water. Their r esearch shows that the pH ofthewateraffectstheparticlesizeofthenano-C60,andthei...

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... curve, whichistypicallyanS-shapedfunction.Plottedonagraph,withthedoseonthex- axisandthepercentoforganismsaffectedonthey-axis,thecauseoftheinections intheS-shapedcurveareduetothepresenceofsensitiveindividualsinthelowdose ranges and tolerant individuals in the ... the greatest risk to the lung because they can be transportedlikeagasandreachthedeepestportionofthelungs,thealveoli .The l...

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... hazard and exposure data, and lack of standard toolstocombineLCAandRA(Step4). 11. 2.2 NANO RISK FRAMEWORK Environmental Defense, a U.S based non-prot environmental advocacy group, and the multi-national ... LLC Balancing the Risks and Rewards 257 11. 3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Developmentofalternativematerialsandnewcatalystsbasedonnanotechnology offers many potential benets t...

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... September 30, 20 04 1 :43 PM © 2005 by CRC Press 94 Radio Propagation and Remote Sensing of the Environment and (4. 37) The rule for choosing the appropriate sign is the same as for the previous case. ... September 30, 20 04 1 :43 PM © 2005 by CRC Press 88 Radio Propagation and Remote Sensing of the Environment If angle α between the d...

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