Chemical methods for assessing bio-available metals in sludges and soils
By: edited by R. Leschber, R.D. Davis and P. L'Hermite.
Contributors: Leschber, R.; Davis, R. D., 1949-; L'Hermite, P. 1936-; Commission of the European Communities. Environment Research Programme.
Series: EUR ;; 9538; EUR (Series) ;; 9538.
Publisher: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers
Published: 1985
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Sewage sludge -- Analysis.; Soils -- Heavy metal content.; Soil chemistry.; Metals -- Analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Proceedings of a seminar organized by the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General Science, Research, and Development, Environment Research Programme, held in Münster, Federal Republic of Germany, 11-13 April 1984"--P. ii.
Table of contents: value: Chemical forms and reactivities of metals in sediments / U. Förstner; value: Principles of investigations on the mobility and plant uptake of heavy metals / L. Kiekens and A. Cottenie; value: Reasons to use neutral salt solutions to assess the metal impact on plant and soils / H. Häni and S. Gupta; value: Evaluation of chemical methods for assessing the Cd and Zn availability from different soils and sources / D.R. Sauerbeck and B. Styperek; value: The effect of incubation on the composition of soil solution displaced from 4 soils treated with zinc, copper, or nickel-loaded sewage sludge / T. McM. Adams and J.R. Sanders; value: Factors influencing heavy metal availability in field experiments with sewage sludges / C. Juste and P. Solda.