Speciation of ambient mercury in the Upper Silesia Region, Poland

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Pyta, H ^a   Rosik Dulewska, C ^a   Czaplicka, M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NON FERROUS METALS   (Poland)

^c JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Atmospheric mercury; Chemical speciation of gaseous mercury; Particulate mercury; Total gaseous mercury

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION OF GASEOUS MERCURY; PARTICULATE MERCURY; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY;

AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SILESIA; UPPER SILESIA;

EID: 58549093169     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9806-9     Document Type: Article

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