1974
DOI: 10.1126/science.184.4139.895
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Elemental Mercury Evolution Mediated by Humic Acid

Abstract: Elemental mercury is formed in aqueous solution by the chemical reduction of mercuric ion in the presence of humic acid. The reduction proceeds via first order kinetics (rate constant, 0.009 hour-(1)) and is depndent on pH. The reaction mechanism involves interaction of the ionic metal species with the free radical electrons of the humic acid.

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“…This strongly suggests that Hg levels in the air is too low to exert a significant effect within the soil on the Hg content, or gaseous release of Hg from the soil to the surrounding atmosphere is considerably greater than currently believed. In connection to this, ALBERTS et al (1) found Hg evolution mediated by humic acid which may at least partly link to the relatively low amounts of Hg detected in the organic matter rich surface horizons.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
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“…This strongly suggests that Hg levels in the air is too low to exert a significant effect within the soil on the Hg content, or gaseous release of Hg from the soil to the surrounding atmosphere is considerably greater than currently believed. In connection to this, ALBERTS et al (1) found Hg evolution mediated by humic acid which may at least partly link to the relatively low amounts of Hg detected in the organic matter rich surface horizons.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…According to Dalton's law of partial vapor pressure (7), it can be expressed as P=PI +P2+P'+····· +p" (1) where P is total vapor pressure, and Ph Pl····· p" are the partial pressures of each component. Thus, if mole fractions of 2 components in a gas mixture consisting of Hg vapor and air are expressed as XI and X 2 , respectively, then The vapor pressure of Hg at 20°C is 1.2 X 10-' mm Hg (31), and hence ratl 'o = 2.82 x 10-9 = 2 35 X 10-8 1.2 X 10-" .…”
Section: Appendixmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tais reduções foram observadas experimentalmente incubando tais íons metálicos com bactérias redutoras e ácidos húmicos. [23][24][25][26] Para a predição da atividade das espécies oxidada e reduzida de MO (MO Ox, Red ) nos sistemas naturais é possível posicionar o par redox, com os dados médios das amostras estudadas, em diagramas pE vs. pH. 3,[23][24][25][26] O material orgânico aqui estudado poderia, também, atuar como doador de elétrons nas reações redox em tais sistemas.…”
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“…[23][24][25][26] Para a predição da atividade das espécies oxidada e reduzida de MO (MO Ox, Red ) nos sistemas naturais é possível posicionar o par redox, com os dados médios das amostras estudadas, em diagramas pE vs. pH. 3,[23][24][25][26] O material orgânico aqui estudado poderia, também, atuar como doador de elétrons nas reações redox em tais sistemas. Indica-se que grupos funcionais presentes na MO de sistemas naturais poderiam mediar a redução microbiológica de Fe(III) a partir da fase sólida, como por exemplo a espécie FeOOH.…”
Section: Titulações Redoxunclassified
“…Humic acids (HA) participate in redox reactions with chemical species existing in soils, e.g., Fe (Lovley, 1997;Lovley et al, 1996Lovley et al, , 1998Lovley et al, , 2000Scott et al, 1998), Mn (Sunda & Kieber, 1994;Lovley, 1995), Hg (Alberts et al, 1974;Mathiessen, 1996), and V (Wilson & Weber, 1979), catalyzed by microorganisms. Other studies indicated that the quinone moieties in the HA may participate in the redox reactions as electron transfers (Mathiessen, 1995;Scott et al, 1998;and Struyk & Sposito, 2001).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%