2019
DOI: 10.5016/geociencias.v38i2.13083
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Recovery of Mercury of Amalgams in Digging Gold – Retorta Rhyp

Abstract: Dentre os íons de metais pesados, os cátions de mercúrio se sobressaem especialmente por não serem biodegradáveis e pela sua capacidade em se acumular nos organismos ao longo da cadeia alimentar, magnificando-se. Uma vez absorvidos os íons de mercúrio causam, entre outros, danos neurológicos, paralisia cerebral, tremores, fibrilação muscular, irritação pulmonar, comprometimento renal, etc. e até a morte. A extração de ouro em pequena escala, de modo caseiro, normalmente é efetuada em garimpos a partir de mercú… Show more

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“…Particle reactive and soluble Hg(II) compounds are then returned to the terrestrial environments by wet/dry deposition [33,150,151]. Under hot tropical atmospheric conditions, Hg 0 oxidizes quicker than in temperate atmospheres, and such oxidation is faster in the presence of ozone and soot emissions that come from forest burning [33,109,112,152]. As a consequence, and when compared to temperate regions, shorter residence times in the atmosphere and higher atmospheric deposition rates of Hg have been reported for the Brazilian Amazon [112,153,154], limiting the long-range transport of Hg and contamination of distant ecosystems.…”
Section: Fate Of Mercury Introduced Into the Environmentmentioning
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“…Particle reactive and soluble Hg(II) compounds are then returned to the terrestrial environments by wet/dry deposition [33,150,151]. Under hot tropical atmospheric conditions, Hg 0 oxidizes quicker than in temperate atmospheres, and such oxidation is faster in the presence of ozone and soot emissions that come from forest burning [33,109,112,152]. As a consequence, and when compared to temperate regions, shorter residence times in the atmosphere and higher atmospheric deposition rates of Hg have been reported for the Brazilian Amazon [112,153,154], limiting the long-range transport of Hg and contamination of distant ecosystems.…”
Section: Fate Of Mercury Introduced Into the Environmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Distillation of amalgam is carried out, Hg is condensed for recycling, and pure metal is recovered. Hydraulic mining destroys river-and bay-mobilized sediments and choke natural streambeds, spreading Hg contamination [38,57,67,109]. Hg losses during the processing of gold from panning to refining were exceptional at the historic sites because added salts formed insoluble Hg compounds [38].…”
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