Contamination by heavy metals is a significant issue worldwide. In recent decades, soil
heavy metals pollutants in China had adverse impacts on soil quality and threatened food …

Copper, a native metal found in ores, is the principal metal in bronze and brass. It is a
reddish metal with a density of 8920 kg m− 3. All of copper's compounds tend to be brightly …

This review summarizes over 160 studies focused on soil contamination near non-ferrous
metal smelters. The methods of these investigations were examined with an emphasis on …

Metals in soil are potentially harmful to humans and ecosystems. Stable isotope
measurement may provide “fingerprint” information on the sources of metals. In light of the …

Anthropogenic activities release large quantities of heavy metals into the atmosphere. In
China, the input of these heavy metals through local and trans-boundary atmospheric …

The zinc stable isotope system has been successfully applied to many and varied fields in
geochemistry, but to date it is still not completely clear how this isotope system is affected by …

Isotope ratios of heavy elements vary on the 1/10000 level in high temperature materials,
providing a fingerprint of the processes behind their origin. Ensuring that the measured …

Copper (Cu) is not only an essential metallic element for human and organisms, but also a
toxic and pernicious element when its environmental content exceeds a certain threshold …

The zinc (Zn) stable isotope system has great potential for tracing planetary formation and
differentiation processes due to its chalcophile, lithophile and moderately volatile character …

Thallium (Tl) is typical rare element with severe toxicity comparable to Hg and Pb. To track Tl
pollution, isotopic fractionation of Tl was evaluated during pyrite smelting for sulfuric acid …