Determination of mercury complexation in coastal and estuarine waters using competitive ligand exchange method

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6607-6615

  Han, Seunghee ^a   Gill, Gary A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; MARINE ENGINEERING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESTUARINE WATERS; LIGAND CONCENTRATION; MERCURY COMPLEXATION; MERCURY CONCENTRATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LIGAND; MERCURY; POLYETHERSULFONE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; THIOSALICYLIC ACID; TOLUENE; WATER;

COMPLEXATION; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; COASTAL WATERS; COMPETITIVE LIGAND EXCHANGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; LIGAND BINDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGANDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SEAWATER; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24644521459     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048667z     Document Type: Article

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