Photodecomposition of methylmercury in atmospheric waters

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-299

  Bittrich, D R ^a   Rutter, A P ^a   Hall, B D ^a,b   Schauer, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud; Fog; Formation; Methylmercury; Rain

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MATRICES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; CLEAN TECHNIQUE; CLOUD WATER; FORMATION; INORGANIC MERCURY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAKE STATES; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYL MERCURY; NET LOSS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; RAIN WATER; SUNLIGHT INTENSITY; TRACE METAL; WATER EXTRACTION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL CLEANING; PARKS; RAIN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLOUD; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIANCE; METHYLMERCURY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTODEGRADATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAINWATER; ROOF;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79957468775     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.11.0096     Document Type: Article

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