Immobilization of soil mercury by colloidal sulphur in the laboratory experiment

Central European Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 846-857

  Kot, Fyodor S ^a   Rapoport, Vladimir L ^b   Kharitonova, Galina V ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b KOSYGIN INSTITUTE OF TECTONICS AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Colloidal sulphur; Immobilisation; Laboratory pot experiment; Mercury pollution; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547130577     PISSN: 18951066     EISSN: 16443624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11532-007-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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