Oxidation of elemental mercury using atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 652-658

  Byun, Youngchul ^a   Ko, Kyung Bo ^a   Cho, Moohyun ^a   Namkung, Won ^a   Shin, Dong Nam ^b   Lee, Jin Wook ^b   Koh, Dong Jun ^b   Kim, Kyoung Tae ^b  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge; Elemental mercury; Mercury oxidation; Ozone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OXIDATION; OZONE;

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; MERCURY OXIDATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PLASMA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GAS ANALYSIS; OXIDATION KINETICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GASES; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 44249117332     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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