This study presents the results of applied phytoextraction as a soil phytoremediation method, based on the analysis of selected heavy metal content in soil and plant material. The selected locations where phytoextraction was applied as a phytoremediation method (Gradišće, Podbrežje, and Tetovo) are situated in the city of Zenica, in proximit...

By Farzet Bikić, Muvedet Šišić, Sanela Beganović, Amira Pašalić, Adnan Mujkanovic, Aida Šapčanin, Vedran Stuhli, MIrnesa Čorbić

Phytoremediation with wild plant species could be an environmentally friendly and economicalsolution. Selected wild plants like mint, oregano, chamomile, nettle, and St. John’s wort, from ruralareas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, were collected, lyophilized, and acid-digested for heavy metalsanalysis. Nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), cadm...

By Šaćira Mandal, Aida Šapčanin

Polymeric materials have an important role in gluing technology due to their broad application in the wood industry, metal industry, glass, and ceramics industry as well as medicine. This article discusses the basic physicochemical aspects of bonding with adhesives and also, the mechanisms of action of the adhesive materials during bonding based on...

By Šaćira Mandal, Aida Šapčanin