Oxidation of dissolved elemental mercury by thiol compounds under anoxic conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 12827-12834

  Zheng, Wang ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Mann, Benjamin F ^a   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC THIOLS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; ORGANIC LIGANDS; OXIDATION RATES; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; THIOL COMPOUNDS;

ALKYLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; LIGANDS; OXIDATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALIPHATIC THIOL; DISULFIDE; HUMIC ACID; MERCURY; STANNOUS CHLORIDE; SULFUR; THIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYSTEINE; LIGAND; THIOLACTIC ACID; WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOAVAILABILITY; LIGAND; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; REACTION RATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); THIOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; SOLUBILITY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CYSTEINE; ELECTRONS; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; WATER;

EID: 84888222946     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402697u     Document Type: Article

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