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Vojtěch Ettler

Vojtěch Ettler

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
9736
World Ranking
4273
National Ranking
12

Overview

Vojtěch Ettler is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and specializes in Environmental Science and Engineering. Their research predominantly addresses the presence and behavior of heavy metals in various environmental contexts, particularly focusing on mining-impacted sites and metallurgical slags.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Thallium and Germanium Studies

They have contributed notably to the fields of Pollution, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as subfields linked to their research output.

Vojtěch Ettler has published several papers, with recent examples including:

  • Slag dusts from Kabwe (Zambia): Contaminant mineralogy and oral bioaccessibility, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Cobalt-bearing copper slags from Luanshya (Zambian Copperbelt): Mineralogy, geochemistry, and potential recovery of critical metals, 2022, Journal of Geochemical Exploration

The frequent coauthors associated with their work are:

  • Martin Mihaljevič
  • Aleš Vaněk
  • Bohdan Křı́bek
  • Vít Penížek
  • Petr Drahota

Vojtěch Ettler's research is regularly published in several scholarly venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

In addition to journal publications, they have contributed to book literature, with a notable book titled Metallurgical Slags published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Lead isotopes in environmental sciences: a review.

    Michael Komárek;Vojtěch Ettler;Vladislav Chrastný;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Chemical stabilization of metals and arsenic in contaminated soils using oxides--a review.

    Michael Komárek;Aleš Vaněk;Vojtěch Ettler

  • Soil contamination near non-ferrous metal smelters: A review

    Vojtěch Ettler

  • Differentiation of Czech wines using multielement composition – A comparison with vineyard soil

    Petr Kment;Martin Mihaljevič;Vojtěch Ettler;Ondřej Šebek

  • ICP-MS measurements of lead isotopic ratios in soils heavily contaminated by lead smelting: tracing the sources of pollution.

    Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Mihaljevič;Michael Komárek

  • Contrasting lead speciation in forest and tilled soils heavily polluted by lead metallurgy.

    Vojtech Ettler;Ales Vanek;Ales Vanek;Martin Mihaljevic;Petr Bezdicka

  • Mineralogy and environmental stability of slags from the Tsumeb smelter, Namibia

    Vojtěch Ettler;Zdenek Johan;Bohdan Kříbek;Ondřej Šebek

  • Primary phases and natural weathering of old lead-zinc pyrometallurgical slag from Príbram, Czech Republic

    Vojtěch Ettler;Olivier Legendre;Françoise Bodénan;Jean-Claude Touray

  • The use of maize and poplar in chelant-enhanced phytoextraction of lead from contaminated agricultural soils.

    Michael Komárek;Pavel Tlustoš;Jiřina Száková;Vladislav Chrastný

  • Geochemical and Pb isotopic evidence for sources and dispersal of metal contamination in stream sediments from the mining and smelting district of Příbram, Czech Republic

    Vojtech Ettler;Martin Mihaljevic;Ondrej Sebek;Michael Molek

  • Antimony availability in highly polluted soils and sediments – A comparison of single extractions

    Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Mihaljevič;Ondřej Šebek;Zbyšek Nechutný

  • Leaching of lead metallurgical slag in citric solutions--implications for disposal and weathering in soil environments.

    Vojtěch Ettler;Marie Komárková;Jan Jehlička;Pavel Coufal

  • Environmental impact of the historical Cu smelting in the Rudawy Janowickie Mountains (south-western Poland)

    Jakub Kierczak;Anna Potysz;Anna Pietranik;Rafał Tyszka

  • Differences in the bioaccessibility of metals/metalloids in soils from mining and smelting areas (Copperbelt, Zambia)

    Vojtěch Ettler;Bohdan Kříbek;Vladimír Majer;Ilja Knésl

  • Tracing the spatial distribution and mobility of metal/metalloid contaminants in Oxisols in the vicinity of the Nkana copper smelter, Copperbelt province, Zambia

    Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Mihaljevič;Bohdan Kříbek;Vladimír Majer

  • Evaluating the potential of three Fe- and Mn-(nano)oxides for the stabilization of Cd, Cu and Pb in contaminated soils

    Zuzana Michálková;Michael Komárek;Hana Šillerová;Loïc Della Puppa;Loïc Della Puppa

  • Mineralogical control on inorganic contaminant mobility in leachate from lead-zinc metallurgical slag: experimental approach and long-term assessment

    V. Ettler;P. Piantone;J.-C. Touray

  • Primary and secondary phases in copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia

    M. Vítková;V. Ettler;Z. Johan;B. Kříbek

  • Mineralogy of Air-Pollution-Control Residues from a Secondary Lead Smelter: Environmental Implications

    Vojtech Ettler;Zdenek Johan;Alain Baronnet;Filip Jankovsky

  • The pH-dependent leaching behavior of slags from various stages of a copper smelting process: Environmental implications

    Alice Jarošíková;Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Mihaljevič;Bohdan Kříbek

  • The pH-dependent leaching of inorganic contaminants from secondary lead smelter fly ash.

    Martina Vítková;Vojtěch Ettler;Ondřej Šebek;Martin Mihaljevič

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mihaljevič
Martin Mihaljevič Charles University
Bohdan Kříbek
Bohdan Kříbek Czech Academy of Sciences
Aleš Vaněk
Aleš Vaněk Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vít Penížek
Vít Penížek Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Ondra Sracek
Ondra Sracek Palacký University, Olomouc
Michael Komárek
Michael Komárek Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vladimír Majer
Vladimír Majer Technical University of Liberec
Vladislav Chrastný
Vladislav Chrastný Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Tomáš Grygar
Tomáš Grygar Czech Academy of Sciences
Andreas Voegelin
Andreas Voegelin Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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