Some distinctive reactions of mercury involved in its removal from contaminated solid waste and sludge

E. Sørensen; T. Fernqvist

Some distinctive reactions of mercury involved in its removal from contaminated solid waste and sludge

E. Sørensen, T. Fernqvist

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When found in many common compounds as well as when adsorbed in soil and sludge mercury is transformed into the elemental form by heating to 280°C in an aqueous environment. This process is thought to pass through a hydrolysis to HgO followed by a dissociation into Hg and O. Understanding this process may facilitate the removal of mercury from polluted material in two ways, namely 1) Volatilization with steam of the hydrothennally formed Hg⁰, and 2) Amalgamation with certain other metals, which appear in gilded computer scrap, liquid tin and aluminum chips.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A: Toxic Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume	31
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	13-29
ISSN	1093-4529
Publication status	Published - 1996

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Some distinctive reactions of mercury involved in its removal from contaminated solid waste and sludge. / Sørensen, E.; Fernqvist, T.
In: Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A: Toxic Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 1, 1996, p. 13-29.

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