Cadmium

GARSITE ASTs GO STAINLESS.(Fueling/Line Ops/Safety)
Airport Business; 1/1/2010; 2064 words; ...corrosion and sediment build-up on the vast majority of fuel-exposed surfaces. Bagnell adds that the use of copper, brass, cadmium, or zinc (galvanizing) in fuel-exposed equipment is undesirable because these metals can affect the thermal properties...

Research from V.V. Ekilik and co-authors yields new data on surface science.
Chemicals & Chemistry; 12/25/2009; 563 words; ...from Russia, "The behavior of preeutectic (by cadmium) and eutectic tin-cadmium alloys is studied compared to pure metals...the corrosion-electrochemical behavior of tin-cadmium alloys in a sulfate solution was studied, depending...

Scientists at Nagoya University discuss research in environment and geochemistry.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 932 words; ...biomass in which to store contaminants. We investigated the cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) accumulation ability of Evodiopanax...in Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Accumulation of cadmium and zinc in Evodiopanax innovans. Environmental Geochemistry...

Recent studies from Al-Hussein Bin Talal University add new data to environment and geochemistry.(Report)
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 1169 words; ...two depths, 0-10 and 10-20 cm, and were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry for lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), copper (Cu) and chromium (Cr) levels. The physicochemical factors believed to affect the mobility...

Findings from T.R. Bentzen and co-authors broaden understanding of environment and engineering.
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 826 words; ...fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (PAHs) and the heavy metals of cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. The current and wave-generated bed-shear stresses entail a discharged...