Overview

Selenium contamination of air, aquatic environments, soils and sediments is a serious environmental concern of increasing importance. Selenium has a paradoxical feature in bringing about health benefits under the prescribed level, but only a few fold increase in its concentration causes deleterious effects to flora and fauna, humans and the environment. Environmental Technologies to Treat Selenium Pollution: principles and engineering: - presents the fundamentals of the biogeochemical selenium cycle and which imbalances in this cycle result in pollution. - overviews chemical and biological technologies for successful treatment of selenium contaminated water, air, soils and sediments. - explores the recovery of value-added products from selenium laden waste streams, including biofortication and selenium based nanoparticles and quantum dots. This book may serve both as an advanced textbook for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental sciences, technology or engineering as well as a handbook for tertiary educators, researchers, professionals and policy makers who conduct research and practices in selenium related fields. It is essential reading for consulting companies when dealing with selenium related environmental (bio)technologies.

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Author:   Piet Lens ,  Kannan Pakshirajan
Publisher:   IWA Publishing
Imprint:   IWA Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781789061048

ISBN 10:   1789061040
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 August 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Contributors Part I The Selenium Cycle Chapter 1 Selenium in the environment Martina Cappelletti, Valerio Funari, Giorgio Gasparotto, Enrico Dinelli and Davide Zannoni Chapter 2 Radioactive selenium: origin and environmental dispersion scenarios Teba Gil-Díaz, Frank Heberling and Elisabeth Eiche Chapter 3 Microbial reduction of selenium oxyanions: energy-yielding and detoxification reactions Silvia Lampis and Giovanni Vallini Chapter 4 Microbial ecology of selenium-respiring bacteria Joshua P. Boltz and Bruce E. Rittmann Part II Remediation of Selenium Contamination Chapter 5 Reactivity and selectivity of zerovalent iron toward selenium oxyanions under aerobic conditions Jinxiang Li, Yuankui Sun and Xiaohong Guan Chapter 6 Biological treatment technologies Robert Simm Chapter 7 In situ and ex situ bioremediation of seleniferous soils and sediments Shrutika L. Wadgaonkar, Piet N. L. Lens Part III Selenium biofortification Chapter 8 Selenium hyperaccumulation in plants Leonardo Warzea Lima and Michela Schiavon  Chapter 9 Selenium biofortification for human and animal nutrition Jun Li, Gijs Du Laing, Ivet Ferrer and Piet N. L. Lens   Part IV Selenium nanoparticles and quantum dots   Chapter 10 Se nanoparticle manufacturing for medical applications Alessandro Presentato, Elena Piacenza and Raymond J. Turner   Chapter 11 Biological synthesis of metal selenide nanoparticles and their applications Raj Mohan Balakrishnan and Vrushali Vinayak Kadam   Chapter 12 Biosynthesis of selenium nanomaterials by anaerobic bacteria for environmental technologies Piet N. L. Lens   Index

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