Measurement and modeling of mercury complexation by dissolved organic matter isolates from freshwater and effluents of a major wastewater treatment plant

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2057-2063

  Muresan, Bogdan ^a,c   Pernet Coudrier, Benoît ^a,d   Cossa, Daniel ^b   Varrault, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-LIGANDS; CONDITIONAL STABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HIGH WATER; MERCURY COMPLEXATION; NANOMOLAR; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; TREATED EFFLUENT; URBANIZED AREA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGANDS; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RECLAMATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

DILUTION; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EFFLUENT; FRACTIONATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; MARNE RIVER; PARIS; SEINE RIVER; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 82155173506     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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