Biomethylation of Mercury(II) Adsorbed on Mineral Colloids Common in Freshwater Sediments

Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 8-9, 1998, Pages 613-620

  Farrell, R E ^a   Huang, P M ^a   Germida, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kaolinite; Manganese oxides; Mercury(II); Methylation; Montmorillonite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001245445     PISSN: 02682605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0739(199808/09)12:8/9<613::AID-AOC769>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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