Application of three methods for determining mercury speciation in mine waste

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 369-376

  Sladek, Chris ^a   Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^a   Kim, Christopher S ^b   Biester, Harald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EXAFS; Mercury; Mine waste; Pyrolysis; Selective extraction; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY AMALGAMS; PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATES; X RAYS;

CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; EXAFS; EXTENDED X-RAY ADSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH ENERGY SYNCHROTRON; MINE WASTES; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SPECIATION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTRACTION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT PROPERTY; PYROLYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0036880689     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-787302-036     Document Type: Article

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