Characterization and speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 261, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 157-168

  Kim, Christopher S ^a   Brown Jr , Gordon E ^a   Rytuba, James J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcine; Extended X ray absorption fine structure; Mercury; Mine; Speciation; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; MERCURY SULFIDE;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; MINING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034676147     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00640-9     Document Type: Article

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