Mercury photolytic transformation affected by low-molecular-weight natural organics in water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 429-435

  He, Feng ^a   Zheng, Wang ^a   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Mercury; Natural organic matter; Photoreduction; Sunlight; Ultra violet (UV)

Indexed keywords

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; ANTHRANILIC ACID; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENZENE RING; BENZOIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; NATURALLY OCCURRING; ORGANIC FREE RADICALS; ORGANICS; PHOTO-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; PHOTOLYTIC TRANSFORMATION; PHTHALIC ACID; REDUCTION RATE; RING STRUCTURES; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRA-VIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION;

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FREE RADICALS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTOLYSIS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROBENZOIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FREE RADICAL; MERCURY; PHTHALIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADICAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SALICYLIC ACID; SUBSTITUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARABENS; PHOTOLYSIS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SALICYLATES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84856215339     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.081     Document Type: Article

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