Chemical kinetic isotope fractionation of mercury during abiotic methylation of Hg(II) by methylcobalamin in aqueous chloride media

Chemical Geology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-36

  Jiménez Moreno, María ^a,b   Perrot, Vincent ^a   Epov, Vladimir N ^a   Monperrus, Mathilde ^a   Amouroux, David ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic methylation; Hg chloro complexes; Mercury (Hg); Methylcobalamin; Stable isotope fractionation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUEOUS CHLORIDE MEDIA; CHEMICAL ALKYLATION; CHLORO-COMPLEXES; DEMETHYLATION; DONOR COMPOUND; ELEMENTARY REACTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FOOD WEBS; HG-CHLORO COMPLEXES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATION; METHYL TRANSFERS; METHYLCOBALAMIN; METHYLMERCURY; MULTI-COLLECTOR INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PHOTO-INDUCED; SALINE CONDITIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ALKYLATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHYLATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; METHYLMERCURY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84871923874     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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