Complexation of mercury(II) in soil organic matter: EXAFS evidence for linear two-coordination with reduced sulfur groups

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4174-4180

  Skyllberg, Ulf ^a   Bloom, Paul R ^b   Qian, Jin ^a   Lin, Chung Min ^b   Bleam, William F ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SPECIATIONS; COMPLEXATION REACTIONS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (EXAFS);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR; WATER ANALYSIS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

MERCURY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MERCURY (METAL); NITROGEN; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEXATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MERCURY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

EID: 33746715022     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0600577     Document Type: Article

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