Analysis of Pesticides Using a Polyppyrole Modified Electrode

Electrochemical methods can provide fast, sensitive and sometimes real time detection of pesticides. In the course of this work, a dispersed mercury electrode has been used to detect pesticides electrochemically. The electrode was prepared by depositing a thin mercury film on a glassy carbon disc and then coating a layer of polypyrrole on the disc. The effect of coating thickness on detection sensitivity was studied. A thin mercury film of 0.34 µm dispersed by one cycle polymerization of pyrrole was preferred. The influence of electrolyte, pH and organic solvent content on pesticide response was also investigated. The polypyrrole dispersed mercury electrode (Hg-PPy/GC) was not suitable for a pH above 6 but it can tolerate acetonitrile up to 10% at which concentration the mercury film coated glassy carbon electrode (Hg/GC) failed to response. Methyl parathion, methyl azinphos, parathion and fenitrothion were detected. The sensitivity of the dispersed mercury electrode was similar to a normal thin mercury film electrode in this case. A good response can be obtained for 1 ppm pesticides using fast linear sweeping voltammetry.     

包头市可持续发展定量研究生态足迹分析法

利用包头市2005年统计数据,对包头市的生态足迹和生态承载力进行了分析研究.结果表明,包头市2005年人均生态足迹为5.202070ha,人均生态承载力为2.327986ha,人均生态赤字为2.874084ha,高于全国平均水平,说明包头市生态足迹已超过了当地生态承载能力,区域经济社会处于不可持续的发展状态,区域生态系统处于人类的过度开发利用和压力之下.     

滇东南矿区河流底泥重金属污染潜在生态风险评价

根据滇东南矿区河流底泥重金属数据，应用HANKANSON潜在生态危害指数法对重金属的潜在生态风险进行评价。结果表明：①该地区河流底泥中产生生态危害的主要重金属是cd和As；②从上游到下游A—G7个断面多重金属潜在生态风险指数（RI）从小到大排列依次为：A〈D〈B〈F〈E〈G〈C；（爹该河流重金属污染属于很强生态危害。     

额济纳河水质污染特征

对额济纳河历年水质监测数据的分析表明 :额济纳河为四级中度污染水体 ,污染有加重趋势 ;主要污染因子是总硬度、悬浮物 ;流域内水土流失及风沙较多是造成污染的主要因素     

电晕线加热降低负离子空气净化器臭氧浓度的实验研究

通过实验研究了臭氧浓度与电晕电流、电晕线线径、电晕线加热功率及供电电压间关系。结果表明：臭氧浓度随电晕电流线性增加；随电晕线线径的减小和电晕线表面温度的提高而下降；电晕线加热是降低负离子空气净化器的臭氧浓度的有效途径。     

南通市濠河水污染研究

本文采用系统聚类法对濠河水质进行了聚类分析，并且将濠河污染因子和监测断面的污染程度进行了分类．     

论建筑施工噪声管理中的执法对象

建筑施工噪声的执法对象是建设单位还是施工单位是长期未能统一的问题，分析两者在环境噪声污染防治中的责任与义务，阐述两者作为执法对象的利弊及法律依据，提出建设单位作为执法对象通过经济合同方式与施工单位进行环境责任与义务再分配的可行观战点，并建议对现行法律进行修改。     

Degradation of azo dye Acid Red 14 in aqueous solution by electrokinetic and electrooxidation process

A new wastewater treatment technology--electrokinetic-electrooxidation process (EK-EO process) is developed in this paper. The EK-EO process can take advantage of both electrooxidation on the anode surface and the electrokinetic process of anionic impurities under an electric field, which can enhance the TOC removal in electrolysis process. The degradation of an anionic azo dye Acid Red 14 (AR14) was experimentally investigated. It was found that under an electric field AR14 could be migrated into anode compartment and be efficiently mineralized. After 360 min electrolysis of 100 mgl(-1) AR14 solutions at 4.5 mAcm(-2), complete discoloration was observed in both cathode and anode compartment. About 60% TOC was electromigrated from cathode compartment to anode compartment, and more than 25 mgl(-1) TOC was abated in anode compartment. A possible degradation mechanism of AR14 by EK-EO process was proposed. Additionally, the effect of current density, recycling flux, and electrolyte concentration on the EK-EO degradation of AR14 was also investigated.     

Distribution and relationships of selected trace metals in molluscs and associated sediments from the Gulf of Aden, Yemen

Concentrations of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn and Fe in the soft tissue of Turbo coronatus, Acanthopleura haddoni, Ostrea cucullata and Pitar sp., as well as in associated surface sediments (bulk and bioavailable metal concentrations) from the Gulf of Aden, Yemen, were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry method. Large differences between size-classes of molluscs in metal concentrations were recorded. Significant spatial differences in metal concentrations in both the soft tissue of the molluscs and associated sediments studied were mostly identified. Statistically significant correlations (p<0.01) between concentrations of selected metals were observed. A slope of the linear regression is significantly higher than unity for Fe (9.91) and Cd (3.45) in A. haddoni and for Ni (4.15) in T. coronatus, suggesting that the bioavailability of these metals is disproportionally increased with a degree of enrichment of the sediments in Fe, Cd and Ni, respectively. A slope constant approximating to unity (1.14) for Cu in A. haddoni relative to its concentration in sediment extract implies that bioavailability of this metal proportionally increased with growing concentrations of its labile forms in the associated sediment. The degree of contamination of Gulf of Aden waters by the metals studied is discussed and the potential ability of molluscs, especially A. haddoni and T. coronatus, as biomonitors of metallic pollutants is postulated.