Oxidation of elemental mercury by aqueous bromine: Atmospheric implications

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 3675-3688

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Pehkonen, Simo O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bromine; Dithizone; Hypobromous; Kinetics; Mercury; Redox; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROMINE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMAGNIFICATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

BROMINE; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BROMINE; KINETICS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 2942543103     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.02.059     Document Type: Article

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