Formation of mercuric sulfide in soil
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The observation that mercuric sulfide forms in mercury-contaminated soils located in flood plain areas may have an impact on the remediation efforts of such soils. A study of mercury-contaminated soils in Oak Ridge, TN, determined that the soil redox conditions that occur during flooding and the presence of metal sulfides or sulfhydryl groups in the analyzed soil provided the means by which metacinnabar, a form of mercuric sulfide, forms.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1997
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Chemical fractionation of some natural radionuclides in a soil contaminated by slags
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Quantitave measurement of radionuclides such as uranium, radon and lead in contaminated soil through chemical fractionation is nearly impossible by examining pure slags alone. The percentage amounts of the radionuclides in fractions I and II are relatively low for all soil/slag mixtures. The subsequent fractions III to VI exhibited significant differences in the chemical fractionation of the radionuclides.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1998
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