This paper investigates – using the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model how surface deposition of divalent mercury species (Hg(II)) is influenced by Hg(II) production at different atmospheric heights. The authors show that surface deposition is dominated by production in the upper and middle troposphere and highlight the large role of subtropical anticyclones as a global reservoir of Hg(I...

A cloud point extraction process using the nonionic surfactant Triton X-114 for extracting mercury from aqueous solutions was investigated. The method is based on the complexation reaction of Hg(II) with Thio-Michler's Ketone (TMK) and micelle-mediated extraction of the complex. The optimal extraction and reaction conditions (e.g., pH, reagent concentration, effect of time) were studied, and th...

A flow injection analysis (FIA) incorporating a thiosemicarbazone-based coated wire electrode (CWE) was developed method for the determination of mercury(II). A 0.1 M KNO(3) carrier stream with pH between 1 and 5 and flow rate of 1 mL·min(-1) were used as optimum parameters. A linear plot within the concentration range of 5 × 10(-6)–0.1 M Hg(II), slope of 27.8 ± 1 mV per decade and correlation ...

The electrochemical behavior of aqueous Hg(II) ions at a gold film electrode is described. The effects of supporting electrolyte and halide ions on the anodic stripping voltammetric behavior of Hg(II) ions was illustrated to prepare a basis for the analysis in real samples with high saline content. The concentration ratio of metallic mercury to halide ions at the electrode surface determines th...

Mercury (Hg) is a heavy metal pollutant, there is an urgent need to develop simple and sensitive methods for Hg(II) in water. In this article, a simple and sensitive resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) method was developed for determination of 0.008-1.33 µmol/L Hg, with a detection limit of 0.003 μmol/L, based on the Hg(II) regulation of gold nanoenzyme catalysis on the HAuCl₄-H₂O₂ to form gold...

Executive Summary This chapter describes atmospheric transport, ambient concentrations and depositions of heavy metals, observed and modelled concentrations and temporal trends of heavy metals in environmental media and biota and comparisons, as appropriate, with effects indicators of significance. It provides, moreover, an assessment of effects on ecosystem and human health from the deposition...

This article reports an experimental and theoretical investigation of mercury dissolution from dental amalgams immersed in neutral (noncorrosive) and acidic (corrosive) flows. Atomic absorption spectrophotometric measurements of Hg loss indicate that in neutral flow, surface oxide films formed in air prior to immersion persist and effectively suppress significant mercury release. In acidic (pH ...

The short term impact of 50 µM Hg(II) on soil bacterial community structure was evaluated in different microenvironments of a silt loam soil in order to determine the contribution of bacteria located in these microenvironments to the overall bacterial response to mercury spiking. Microenvironments and associated bacteria, designated as bacterial pools, were obtained by successive soil washes to...

This paper investigates – using the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model how surface deposition of divalent mercury species (Hg(II)) is influenced by Hg(II) production at different atmospheric heights. The authors show that surface deposition is dominated by production in the upper and middle troposphere and highlight the large role of subtropical anticyclones as a global reservoir of Hg(I...

A catalytic method has been developed for the determination of microgram amounts of mercury (II) based on its catalytic effect on the rate of a ligand substitution reaction. The reaction studied involved the substitution of cyanide in hexacyanoferrate (II) by resacetophenone benzoic acid hydrazone (2’, 4’dihydroxy propiophenone benzoic acid hydrazone) and the reaction was monitored spectrophoto...