Use of biogenic and abiotic elemental selenium nanospheres to sequester elemental mercury released from mercury contaminated museum specimens

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 660-669

  Fellowes, J W ^a   Pattrick, R A D ^a   Green, D I ^a   Dent, A ^c   Lloyd, J R ^a   Pearce, C I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botanical collections; Geobacter sulfurreducens; Mercury contamination; Selenium nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; ELEMENTAL SELENIUM; ELEVATED MERCURY; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; HERBARIUM SPECIMENS; LONG TERM; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY VAPOUR; SELENIUM NANOPARTICLES; SEM-EDS; SLOW RELEASE; UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER; XANES; XPS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NANOSPHERES; SELENIUM;

MERCURY (METAL);

INSECTICIDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; NANOSPHERE; SELENIUM;

BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; INSECT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSEUM; SAMPLING; SELENIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; INFORMATION CENTER; NONHUMAN;

ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUCALYPTUS; GEOBACTER; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MUSEUMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSPHERES; PLANT LEAVES; RISK; SELENIUM; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79956058280     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.079     Document Type: Article

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