Unique Hg stable isotope signatures of compact fluorescent lamp-sourced Hg

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2542-2547

  Mead, Chris ^a   Lyons, James R ^b   Johnson, Thomas M ^c   Anbar, Ariel D ^a,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; HG STABLE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

ISOTOPES;

MERCURY; POLYETHYLENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP; FRACTIONATION; GENERAL DEVICE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRECIPITATION; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 84875328791     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303940p     Document Type: Article

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