Controls on the redox potential of rainwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13103-13111

  Willey, Joan D ^a   Mullaugh, Katherine M ^b   Kieber, Robert J ^a   Avery, G Brooks ^a   Mead, Ralph N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; DISSOLVED IRON; HALF REACTIONS; HYDRATED ELECTRON; MANGANESE SPECIATION; NEW ZEALAND; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; REDOX CHEMISTRY; REDOX COUPLE; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDOX SPECIATION; REDOX SYSTEMS; REDUCTANTS; SOUTH ISLAND; STUDY SITES; SUPEROXIDES; TRACE METAL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); OXYGEN; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

REDOX REACTIONS;

AMMONIA; COPPER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MERCURY; NITRITE; PLATINUM; RAIN; SUPEROXIDE;

AMMONIUM; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ELECTRODE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NITRATE; NITRITE; PH; PLATINUM; RAINWATER; REDOX POTENTIAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BERMUDA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; METALS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH CAROLINA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WILMINGTON [NORTH CAROLINA];

EID: 84871333981     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302569j     Document Type: Article

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