Reduction of mercury (II) by humic substances—influence of pH, salinity of aquatic system

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 10529-10538

  Chakraborty, Parthasarathi ^a   Vudamala, Krushna ^a   Coulibaly, Mariame ^a,b   Ramteke, Darwin ^a   Chennuri, Kartheek ^a   Lean, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Departement des Sciences Technologie   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Lean Environmental   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elemental mercury; Gaseousmercury capture; Mercury evasion; Mercury humics interaction; Reduction of mercury

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPLEXATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUCTION; SALINITY; SULFUR COMPOUND;

HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MERCURY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PH; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; SALINITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84953913743     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4258-4     Document Type: Article

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