Preservation and storage techniques for low-level aqueous mercury speciation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 253-263

  Parker, Jennifer L ^a   Bloom, Nicolas S ^a  

^a Studio Geochimica   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methyl mercury; Sample preservation; Sample storage

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL MERCURY (DMHG); MONOMETHYL MERCURY (MMHG); TOTAL MERCURY (THG);

ACIDIZATION; BOTTLES; DIFFUSION; GLASS; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTODEGRADATION; SALINE WATER; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION;

CHLORIDE; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLYETHYLENE;

METHYLMERCURY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; STORAGE;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 11144281782     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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