Speciation of mercury (II) and methylmercury in cloud and fog water

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Bittrich, D R ^a   Chadwick, S P ^a   Babiarz, C L ^a   Manolopoulos, H ^a   Rutter, A P ^a   Schauer, J J ^a   Armstrong, D E ^a   Collett, J ^b   Herckes, P ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Complexation; Mercury; Methylmercury; Rain

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHLORIDE CONTENTS; CHLORIDE IONS; FOG WATER; HIGH PH; INFLUENCE OF PH; INORGANIC IONS; LAKE STATES; MERCURY; METAL COMPLEXATION; METHYLMERCURY; OVER POTENTIAL; OXIDIZED MERCURY; RAIN WATER; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLOUDS; FOG; IONS; LANDFORMS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARKS; PH; RAIN;

MERCURY (METAL);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CLOUD WATER; COMPLEXATION; FOG; ION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PH; RAINFALL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMODYNAMICS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953127256     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.08.0067     Document Type: Article

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