Speciation of mercury in South African coals

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1688-1706

  Lusilao Makiese, Julien ^a   Tessier, Emmanuel ^b   Amouroux, David ^b   Tutu, Hlanganani ^a   Chimuka, Luke ^a   Cukrowska, Ewa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

coal; GC ICP MS; leaching; mercury speciation; organomercury

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ETHYLMERCURY; GC ICP MS; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; LEACHING PROTOCOLS; LEACHING RATES; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; ORGANOMERCURY; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL);

COAL;

COAL; DILUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEACHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOLVENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

HIGHVELD; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867498200     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.728604     Document Type: Article

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