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Emission, fate and effects of soluble silicates (waterglass) in the aquatic environment
- Source :
- Environmental sciencetechnology. 38(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Soluble silicates, commercially known as waterglass, are among the largest volume synthetic chemicals in the world. Silicon from waterglass is rapidly transformed to the biologically active orthosilicic acid (referred to as dissolved silicate). This paper aims to assess the impact of waterglass on the aquatic environment in Western Europe. The emission to surface waters from the four most relevant application areas, household detergents, pulp and paper production, water and wastewater treatment, and soil stabilization, is estimated to be ca. 88-121 kton of SiO2 per year. This is a small fraction (
- Subjects :
- Diatoms
Paper
Aquatic ecosystem
Silicates
Detergents
Population Dynamics
Environmental engineering
Eukaryota
General Chemistry
Waste Disposal, Fluid
Silicate
Europe
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Solubility
Environmental chemistry
Phytoplankton
Environmental Chemistry
Seawater
Sewage treatment
Water Pollutants
Water pollution
Surface water
Ecosystem
Waste disposal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0013936X
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental sciencetechnology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7c86dafce0eb7e8d0e6c0b5873a033a3