A nano-selenium reactive barrier approach for managing mercury over the life-cycle of compact fluorescent lamps

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5915-5920

  Lee, Brian ^a   Sarin, Love ^a   Johnson, Natalie C ^a   Hurt, Robert H ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BARRIER; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; CONFINED SPACE; ELEMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDICATOR FUNCTIONS; INDOOR SPACE; LIFE-CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MERCURY VAPOR; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; REACTION PRODUCTS; REACTIVE BARRIERS; REACTIVE COMPONENTS; REACTIVE LAYERS; RETAIL SALES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

BUILDING MATERIALS; DEBRIS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SALES; SELENIUM; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM;

EMISSION CONTROL; FLUORESCENCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOFABRICATION; PROCESSING; RECYCLING; SHIPPING; VAPOR; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; GASES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; LIGHTING; MERCURY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 68049146031     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9013097     Document Type: Article

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