The role of sulphide in the formation of dimethyl mercury in river and estuary sediments |
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| Authors: | PJ Craig PA Moreton |
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| Institution: | School of Chemistry, Leicester Polytechnic, P.O. Box 143, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK |
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| Abstract: | The role of sulphide-containing species in sediments in the mobilization of mercury in the environment is demonstrated. The mobile species is the volatile hydrophobic dimethyl mercury. Transport to atmosphere in this form may account for a loss of about 12% annually of methyl mercury from sediments and may therefore be a substantive part of the biogeochemical cycling of mercury in the environment. |
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