Binding strength of methylmercury to aquatic NOM

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6151-6156

  Khwaja, Abdul R ^a,b   Bloom, Paul R ^a   Brezonik, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING CONSTANT; BINDING STRENGTH; CALCULATION MODELS; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; INDEPENDENT MODEL; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; METHYL MERCURY; MINNESOTA; PH DEPENDENCE; STABILITY CONSTANTS; SUWANNEE RIVER FULVIC ACID;

BINDING ENERGY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; DIALYSIS; LAKES; LIGANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR; WETLANDS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BROMINE; FULVIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BOG; BROMIDE; FULVIC ACID; LAKE POLLUTION; LIGAND; METHYLMERCURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; RIVER POLLUTION; SATURATION; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BINDING; LAKE; PH; UNITED STATES;

BROMINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SULFUR;

MINNESOTA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956522254     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101088k     Document Type: Article

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