Photo-degradation of monomethylmercury in the presence of chloride ion

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1471-1476

  Sun, Rongguo ^a   Wang, Dingyong ^a,b   Zhang, Yutao ^a   Mao, Wen ^a   Zhang, Tong ^c   Ma, Ming ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING KEY LABORATORY OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride ion; Light radiation intensity; Monomethylmercury; Photo degradation; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; IONS; WAVELENGTH;

CHLORIDE IONS; DIFFERENT LIGHTS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT RADIATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CYCLING; MONOMETHYLMERCURY;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE ION; METHYLMERCURY; MONOMETHYLMERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON;

CHLORIDE; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84876431070     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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