Determination of Mercury Content in Surface Waters Using an Environmentally Non-Toxic Terminating Electrolyte

The paper presents results of the research on the dynamics of changes in the concentration of mercury in surface waters. The importance of mercury as an environmental pollutant results from specific properties of this metal, many sources of contamination, volatility, mobility, stability and high tox...

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Autores principales: Jabłońska, Joanna, Kluska, Mariusz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32959072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02992-w
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description The paper presents results of the research on the dynamics of changes in the concentration of mercury in surface waters. The importance of mercury as an environmental pollutant results from specific properties of this metal, many sources of contamination, volatility, mobility, stability and high toxicity of its specific chemical forms. Samples of surface water collected from three rivers: the Bug, the Liwiec and the Muchawka were analysed. The Muchawka River flows into the Liwiec River, which in turn is a tributary of the Bug River. The technique of isotachophoresis was employed, using a solution of a biodegradable and environmentally non-toxic derivative of electrostatically stabilised silanates as the terminating electrolyte. The highest average mercury concentration of 0.89 μg/dm(3) was determined in water samples collected from the Bug River in January, whereas the lowest concentration of 0.42 μg/dm(3) was recorded in water collected from the Muchawka River in September.
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spelling pubmed-75384012020-10-19 Determination of Mercury Content in Surface Waters Using an Environmentally Non-Toxic Terminating Electrolyte Jabłońska, Joanna Kluska, Mariusz Bull Environ Contam Toxicol Article The paper presents results of the research on the dynamics of changes in the concentration of mercury in surface waters. The importance of mercury as an environmental pollutant results from specific properties of this metal, many sources of contamination, volatility, mobility, stability and high toxicity of its specific chemical forms. Samples of surface water collected from three rivers: the Bug, the Liwiec and the Muchawka were analysed. The Muchawka River flows into the Liwiec River, which in turn is a tributary of the Bug River. The technique of isotachophoresis was employed, using a solution of a biodegradable and environmentally non-toxic derivative of electrostatically stabilised silanates as the terminating electrolyte. The highest average mercury concentration of 0.89 μg/dm(3) was determined in water samples collected from the Bug River in January, whereas the lowest concentration of 0.42 μg/dm(3) was recorded in water collected from the Muchawka River in September. Springer US 2020-09-21 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7538401/ /pubmed/32959072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-020-02992-w Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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