Microscopic and spectroscopic characterization of Hg(II) immobilization by mackinawite (FeS)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7476-7483

  Jeong, Hoon Y ^a,b   Sun, Kai ^b   Hayes, Kim F ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC ENVIRONMENT; CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; CHLOROSULFIDE; DOMINANT PRODUCT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; EXAFS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; HAADF-STEM; HIGH STABILITY; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; MACKINAWITE; PHASE SORPTION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SOLID-PHASE; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATE; TEM; TEM ANALYSIS; XRD ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESORPTION; DIFFRACTION; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FERROUS SULFIDE; MACKINAWITE; MERCURY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHLORIDE; CINNABAR; IMMOBILIZATION; MACKINAWITE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESORPTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE; HIGH ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELD SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PH; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FERROUS COMPOUNDS; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77957370431     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100808y     Document Type: Article

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