Public concern over events of manganese-discolored drinking water and the potential for adverse health effects from exposure to excess manganese reached a high level in 2005. In response, Public Health Madison Dane County, together with the Madison Water Utility, conceived and implemented a public health/water utility strategy to quantify the extent of the manganese problem, determine the poten...

The molecule of glutaroimidedioxime, a cyclic imidedioxime moiety that can form during the synthesis of the poly(amidoxime)sorbent and is reputedly responsible for the extraction of uranium from seawater. Complexation of manganese (II) with glutarimidedioxime in aqueous solutions was investigated with potentiometry, calorimetry, ESI-mass spectrometry, electrochemical measurements and quantum ch...

Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray analyses of desert varnish reveal that microorganisms concentrate ambient manganese that becomes greatly enhanced in brown to black varnish. Specific characteristics of desert varnish and of varnish bacteria support a microbial origin for manganese-rich films. Varnish microbes can be cultured and produce laboratory manganese films. Accord...

hydrous manganese dioxide nanoclusters are prepared by the oxidation of manganese (ii) ions with ammonium persulfate and used as a new sorbent for ag+ ion removal from aqueous medium. the synthesized compound is characterized using scanning electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, energy dispersive analysis of x-rays, x-ray diffraction and bet surface measurements. scanning electron micro...

This paper investigates the comproportionation reaction of MnII with [Formula: see text] as a route for manganese oxide nanoparticle synthesis in the protein ferritin. We report that [Formula: see text] serves as the electron acceptor and reacts with MnII in the presence of apoferritin to form manganese oxide cores inside the protein shell. Manganese loading into ferritin was studied under acid...

Two genetic lines of barrows and gilt pigs with lean BW gain averages of 280 and 375 g/d were used to evaluate their macro- and micromineral contents at BW intervals from 20 to 125 kg of BW. The experiment was a 2 x 2 x 5 factorial arrangement of treatments (i.e., 2 sexes, 2 genetic lines, and 5 BW intervals) conducted in a completely randomized design in 6 replicates using a total of 120 pigs....

In previous studies was pointed out that it may be possible to detect subclinical manganese deficiencies in the field before visual symptoms have developed. In this work, by in situ fluorescence measurements, we demonstrate that it is possible to predict, at the beginning of the season, which trees will develop manganese deficiency several months later. Fo/Fm ratio of young manganese deficient ...

Two experimental high strength steel weld metals were produced with 7 wt-% nickel and either 2 or 0.5 wt-% manganese. Neural network predictions that it is advantageous to reduce the manganese concentration in high nickel alloys have been confirmed, with impact energy increasing from 32 to 113 J at –40uC. High resolution microstructural investigations showed that both weld metals contained main...

the characteristics of manganese and iron binding to human apotransferrin (apo-tf) have been investigated and compared in this study. both metal ions were taken up by human apo-tf and formed complexes, with the maximum absorbances observed at 410 and 340 nm for manganese-transferrin (mn-tf) and 465 nm for iron-transferrin (fe-tf). addition of manganese (1.5 µg/ml) to the reaction mixture contai...

Here we present data on liver metal levels and expression of genes related to iron homeostasis in rhesus monkeys after inhalational manganese exposure. Archived liver samples from rhesus monkeys exposed to 0 (n=6), 0.06 (n=6), 0.3 (n=4) and 1.5 (n=4) mg/m(3) manganese inhalation for 65 days were obtained from a published study ("Tissue manganese concentrations in young male rhesus monkeys follo...