In order to better understand the environmental risks of rare earth elements (REEs), it is necessary determine their fate and biological effects under environmentally relevant conditions (e.g. at low concentrations, REE mixtures). Here, unicellular freshwater microalga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, was exposed for 2 h one three soluble REEs (Ce, Tm, Y) salts 0.5 ?M or an equimolar mixture these R...

Ramie plants (Boehmeria nivea) have been cultivated on ion-adsorption rare earth elements (REEs) mine tailings and showed a low ability to accumulate REEs, especially in the stems (ΣREE = 24 ± 17 mg kg−1) with higher concentration leaves roots 57 66 kg−1). individual fibers were isolated using three degumming processes: traditional alkali treatment (AT), steam explosion (SE) after neutral (SEN)...

Spent fluorescent lamps (SFL) are classified as hazardous materials in the European Waste Catalogue, which includes residues from various hi-tech devices. The most common end-of-life treatment of SFL consists recovery rare earth elements phosphor powders, with associated problems management glass residues, usually landfilled. This study involves manufacturing porous ceramics both coarse glass-r...

*Correspondence: Fu Zhao, Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 585 Purdue Mall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088, USA e-mail: [email protected] Rare-earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 elements with similar chemical properties, including 15 in the lanthanide group, yttrium, and scandium. Due to their unique physical and chemi...

Rapid urbanization has caused an increase in the discharge of inorganic elements into environment; however, knowledge about fate and annual variations multiple wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is limited. To understand distribution change those elements, we collected analyzed sludge samples from seven WWTPs a southeast city China. Results revealed elemental concentration ranging 0.06 μg·L−1 ...

With the target of recovering rare earth elements (REEs) from acidic leachates, a new functionalized hydrogel was designed, based on phosphorylation algal/polyethyleneimine beads. The functionalization strongly increased sorption efficiency raw material for Pr(III) and Tm(III). Diverse techniques were used characterizing this correlating performances mechanisms to physicochemical structure sorb...