The role of natural purified humic ad modifying mercury accessibility in water and soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-501

  Cattani, I ^a,c   Zhang, H ^b,d   Beone, G M ^a,c   Del Re, A A M ^a,c   Boccelli, R ^a,c   Trevisan, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING CAPACITIES; CHELATING GROUPS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN-FILMS; EXCHANGE REACTIONS; FOREST SOILS; FREE METALS; HUMIC ACIDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MERCURY COMPLEXES; MERCURY MOBILITIES; MODEL SOLUTIONS; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL SOLUTIONS; WINDERMERE;

BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GELATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROXYLATION; LIGNITE; MERCURY (METAL); METAL COMPLEXES; METAL REFINING; METALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RESINS; SMELTING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTION MINING; SULFUR; ULTRAFILTRATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HUMIC ACID; LIGNITE; MERCURY; METAL COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST SOIL; METAL BINDING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

DIFFUSION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 63449094806     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0175     Document Type: Article

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