Solution speciation controls mercury isotope fractionation of Hg(II) sorption to goethite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6654-6662

  Jiskra, Martin ^a   Wiederhold, Jan G ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^a,b   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONFORMATION CHANGE; EQUILIBRATION TIME; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; INNER SPHERE COMPLEXES; ISOTOPE EFFECT; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; METAL ISOTOPES; MINERAL PHASIS; MINERAL SURFACES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; OUTER-SPHERE COMPLEXES; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; SOLUTION SPECIATION; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE COMPLEX;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SPHERES;

MERCURY (METAL);

CHLORIDE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; MERCURY; SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GOETHITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISSOLUTION; PH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MERCURY; MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84862563359     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3008112     Document Type: Article

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