Dissolution mechanism of montmorillonite in synthetic lung fluids: effect of organic ligands and biodurability

• Autores: M. Elena Ramos Jareño
• Directores de la Tesis: Francisco Javier Huertas Puerta (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidad de Granada ( España ) en 2013
• Idioma: español
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Fernando Javier Nieto García (presid.), César Viseras Iborra (secret.), Lara María Durá Pérez (voc.), Peter C. Ryan (voc.), Saverio Fiore (voc.)
• Materias:
  • Ciencias de la tierra y del espacio
    • Geoquímica
      • Geoquímica de bajas temperaturas
    • Geología
      • Mineralogía
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: DIGIBUG
• Resumen

  • Over the course of our lives we are exposed to airborne particulate matter in the workplace, home, and environment that results in the deposition of millions of particles in the lung. These exposures may result in disease if they are significant enough. The potential for harmful exposure depends in part on the inhalable particle¿s biodurability. In this study, geochemical methods have been used to characterize the behavior of inhaled particles in the body. As a case of study, we have used montmorillonite, since it constitutes an important part of the fine and ultrafine fraction in soils and sediments. Therefore, it is one of the main compounds present in natural dust.