Kinetics of Hg(II) exchange between organic ligands, goethite, and natural organic matter studied with an enriched stable isotope approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 13207-13217

  Jiskra, Martin ^a   Saile, Damian ^a   Wiederhold, Jan G ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^b   Björn, Erik ^c   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; LIGANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESINS;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; CONSTANT CONDITIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; LIGAND CONCENTRATION; MINERAL SURFACES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; STABILITY CONSTANTS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; LIGAND; MERCURY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; IRON DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RESIN;

ADSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIGAND; MOBILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; REACTION KINETICS; RESIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; PH; STEREOSPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENT; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; LIGANDS; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84924045556     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503483m     Document Type: Article

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