Abstract
Mercury species are highly toxic, and methylmercury is the most dangerous for environment and biota. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the distribution of mercury speciations (HgX2 (were X is O, SO2 4-, Cl and et al.), CH3Hg+, HgS) in diffuse halation high-sulfide waste of piles at the Ursk massive sulfide ore deposits which are being mined since the 1940s. To determine the mercury speciation, the method of thermal analysis with atomic absorption spectrometry as detector was applied.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 19007 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | E3S Web of Conferences |
| Volume | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 23 Apr 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 16th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, ICHMET 2012 - Rome, Italy Duration: 23 Sept 2013 → 27 Sept 2013 |
Bibliographical note
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Funding
Research was performed with the support of the RFBR No 10-05-00370-a No 1 1-05-01020-a, and grant OPTEC
Keywords
- Mercury speciation
- Sulfide waste
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Energy
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences