Formation of HgS-mixing HgO or elemental Hg with S, FeS or FeS2

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 418-423

  Svensson, Margareta ^a,b   Allard, Bert ^a   Düker, Anders ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAKAB AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cinnabar formation; Hg stabilization; HgS; Mercury; Pyrite; Sulphur; Troilite

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS; CINNABAR FORMATION; ELEMENTAL SULPHUR; HG STABILIZATION; MERCURY SULPHIDE; TROILITE;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS SULFIDE; MERCURIC OXIDE; MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; PYRITE; SULFUR;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FORMATION MECHANISM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; PYRITE; SULFUR;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 33746693096     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.040     Document Type: Article

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