Abstract
Direct mercury (Hg) speciation was assessed for soil samples with a Hg concentration ranging from 7 up to 240 mg kg-1. Hg chemical forms were identified and quantified by sequential extractions and bulk- and micro-analytical techniques exploiting synchrotron generated X-rays. In particular, microspectroscopic techniques such as μ-XRF, μ-XRD and μ-XANES were necessary to solve bulk Hg speciation, in both soil fractions
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2702-2709 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Environmental Pollution |
| Volume | 158 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2010 |
Keywords
- Chlor-alkali
- K106
- Mercury
- Soil pollution
- Synchrotron
- X-rays microanalyses
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Dalton Nuclear Institute