Mercury oxidation via chlorine, bromine, and iodine under atmospheric conditions: Thermochemistry and kinetics

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2959-2975

  Auzmendi Murua, Itsaso ^a   Castillo, Álvaro ^a   Bozzelli, Joseph W ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY (METAL); OZONE LAYER; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPIC REVERSIBILITY; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84899574453     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412654s     Document Type: Article

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