Stabilization and Solidification of Elemental Mercury for Safe Disposal and/or Long-Term Storage

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1057-1062

  Lee, Tai Gyu ^a   Eom, Yujin ^a   Lee, Chul Hun ^a   Song, Kyung Su ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; LEACHING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PARAFFIN OILS; PARAFFINS; SODIUM SULFIDE; STABILIZATION;

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; HEADSPACE CONCENTRATIONS; LIQUID PARAFFINS; LONG-TERM STORAGE; STABILIZATION AND SOLIDIFICATION; STABILIZATION/SOLIDIFICATION (S/S); TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY; MERCURY SULFIDE; PARAFFIN; SODIUM SULFIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; COOLING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; LEACHING; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; VAPOR;

EID: 80053930418     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2011.608615     Document Type: Article

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