Influence of gas components on the oxidation of elemental mercury by positive pulsed corona discharge

Main Group Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-204

  Ko, Kyung Bo ^a   Byun, Youngchul ^a   Cho, Moohyun ^a   Namkung, Won ^a   Hamilton, Ian P ^b   Shin, Dong Nam ^c   Koh, Dong Jun ^c   Kim, Kyoung Tae ^c  

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

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Elemental mercury; HgCl2; HgO; Oxidized mercury; Pulsed corona discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350142357     PISSN: 10241221     EISSN: 17451167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10241220802601064     Document Type: Article

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