Adsorption of Mercury on Solids in the Aquatic Environment

Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology of Mercury

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 367-387

  Liu, Guangliang ^a   Li, Yanbin ^a   Cai, Yong ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids in mercury adsorption; Mercury adsorption on solids, aquatic; Mercury on solids, Hg accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866744973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118146644.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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