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Emeritus Scholar profile

Dr Bruce Johnson

  Bruce Johnson
BSc(Hons) Adel. DipEd Monash, PhD Flinders, MRACI
Emeritus Scholar

Room Location: Applied Science 1, Room 2.15
Ph: 5444 7433
Fx: 5444 7476
Email: b.johnson@latrobe.edu.au


Teaching Responsibilities
  General chemistry
  Physical and colloid chemistry
  Environmental and soil chemistry

Research Interests
  Adsorption of heavy metals and organic compounds onto mineral surfaces, and implications for their availability in natural environments.
  Adsorption properties and chemistry of bacterial surfaces.
  Aluminium concentrations and effects in soil systems.

Recent Publications
 

Ikhsan, J., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Surface complexation modeling of the sorption of 2-, 3- and 4-aminopyridine by montmorillonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (in press).

Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Surface complexation modeling of the sorption of Zn(II) by montmorillonite. Colloids and Surfaces A (in press).

Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. The effect of aspartic acid on the binding of transition metals to kaolinite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 273, 6-13.

Ikhsan, J., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Angove, M.J. Adsorption of aspartic acid on kaolinite. Submitted to Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 273, 1-5.

Johnson, B.B., Persson, P. and Sjöberg, S. Surface complexation of mellitic acid to goethite: an ATR-FTIR spectroscopic study. Langmuir (2004) 20, 823-828.

Shareef, A. Parnis, C.J., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Suitability of N,O-bis-(trimethylsilyl)-N-trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) and N-(tert-butydimethylsilyl)-N-methyltrifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA) as derivatisation reagents for the determination of the estrogens estrone (E1) and 17 -ethinylestradiol (EE2) by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Journal of Chromatography A (2004) 1026, 295-300.

Lackovic, K., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Modelling the adsorption of Cd(II) onto Muloorina. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 270, 86-93.

Ginting, S., Johnson, B.B. and Wilkens, S. Testing the ability of organic ligands and plant materials to reduce the toxic effects of aluminium in soils. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research (2004) 55, 13-24.

Lackovic, K., Angove, M.J.,Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Modelling the adsorption of Cd(II) onto goethite in the presence of citric acid. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 269, 37-45.

Lackovic, K., Johnson, B.B., Angove, M.J. and Wells, J.D. and Modelling the adsorption of citric acid onto Muloorina illite and related clay minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 267, 49-59.

Van Emmerick, T. Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Fernandes, M.B. Sorption of 17- Estradiol onto selected soil minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 266, 33-39.

Fernandes, M.B., Skjemstad, J.O., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Brooks, P. Characterisation of carbonaceous combustion residues: I. Morphological, elemental and spectroscopic features. Chemosphere (2003) 51, 785-795.

Lackovic, K., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Modelling the adsorption of Cd(II) onto Muloorina illite and related clay minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 257, 31-40.

Harris, R.G., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B.  Selective adsorption of dyes and other organic molecules to kaolinite and oxide surfaces.  Colloids and Surfaces, (2001) A180, 131-140.

Johnson, B.B., Ivanov, A.V., Antzutkin, O.N. and Forsling, W.  31P nuclear magnetic resonance study of the adsorption of phosphate and phenylphosphates on (-Al2O3.  Langmuir (2002) 18, 1104-1111.

Ginting, S., Wilkens, S and Johnson B.B.  Effect of organic acids on the colorimetric determination of aluminium. Australian Journal of Soil Research, (2000) 38, 807822.

Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B.  Adsorption of cadmium(II) onto goethite and kaolinite in the presence of benzene carboxylic acids.  Colloids and Surfaces, (1999) 146, 243-251.

Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D.  The influence of temperature on the adsorption of cadmium(II) and cobalt(II) on goethite.  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, (1999) 211, 281-290.

Ikhsan, J., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D.  A comparative study of the adsorption of transition metals on kaolinite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, (1999) 217, 403-410.


Professional Memberships
 

Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Member of the Australian Society of Soil Science

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