Mercury species in formerly contaminated soils and released
soil gases

J 2017

Mercury species in formerly contaminated soils and released soil gases

SYSALOVÁ, J., J. KUČERA, B. DRTINOVÁ, Rostislav ČERVENKA, Ondřej ZVĚŘINA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Mercury species in formerly contaminated soils and released soil gases

Authors

SYSALOVÁ, J. (203 Czech Republic), J. KUČERA (203 Czech Republic), B. DRTINOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Rostislav ČERVENKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ondřej ZVĚŘINA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Josef KOMÁREK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and J. KAMENÍK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Science of The Total Environment, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science BV. 2017, 0048-9697

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10406 Analytical chemistry

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.610

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094664

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.157

UT WoS

000399358500100

Keywords in English

Mercury; contaminated soils; Total mercury; Elemental mercury; Methylmercury; Phenylmercury; Gaseous elemental mercury

Abstract

V originále

Total mercury (T-Hg), elemental mercury (Hg0), methylmercury (MeHg+), phenylmercury (PhHg+), and gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) species were determined in soils formerly contaminated by different processes from two sites in the Czech Republic. Analytical methods involved atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) using a single-purpose Advanced Mercury Analyser AMA-254 and radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA) for T-Hg determination, a thermal desorption method was used for Hg0 determination, gas chromatography coupled with atomic fluorescence spectrometry (GC-AFS) was employed for assay of MeHg+ and PhHg+, while GEM measurement was carried out using a portable Zeeman–AAS device Lumex RA-915+. The first sampling site was in the surroundings of a former PhHgCl-based fungicide processing plant next to Příbram (central Bohemia). Although the use of Hg-based fungicides as seed mordant have been banned, and their production stopped at the end of 1980s, highly elevated Hg contents in soil are still observed in the vicinity of the former plant, reaching T-Hg values 13 mg kg-1. The second sampling site was an abandoned mining area named Jedová hora Hill near Hořovice (central Bohemia), where cinnabar (HgS) was occasionally mined as by-product of Fe ores hematite and siderite. Mining activities have been stopped here in 1857. Very high contents of T-Hg are still found at this site, up to 144 mg kg-1. In most cases we found a statistically significant correlation between T-Hg and Hg0 values regardless of the pollution source. On the contrary, insignificant correlation was observed neither between T-Hg and GEM values, nor between GEM and Hg0. Concentrations of the investigated organomercury species were above a limit of detection (LOD) only in the most contaminated samples, where their levels were about two to three orders of magnitude lower compared to those of T-Hg.

Links

GAP503/12/0682, research and development project

Name: Transformace sloučenin rtuti půdní mikroflórou: možné využití pro bioremediační technologie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

SYSALOVÁ, J., J. KUČERA, B. DRTINOVÁ, Rostislav ČERVENKA, Ondřej ZVĚŘINA, Josef KOMÁREK and J. KAMENÍK. Mercury species in formerly contaminated soils and released soil gases. Science of The Total Environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV., 2017, vol. 584, April, p. 1032-1039. ISSN 0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.157.

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N2  - Total mercury (T-Hg), elemental mercury (Hg0), methylmercury (MeHg+), phenylmercury (PhHg+), and gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) species were determined in soils formerly contaminated by different processes from two sites in the Czech Republic. Analytical methods involved atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) using a single-purpose Advanced Mercury Analyser AMA-254 and radiochemical neutron activation analysis (RNAA) for T-Hg determination, a thermal desorption method was used for Hg0 determination, gas chromatography coupled with atomic fluorescence spectrometry (GC-AFS) was employed for assay of MeHg+ and PhHg+, while GEM measurement was carried out using a portable Zeeman–AAS device Lumex RA-915+. The first sampling site was in the surroundings of a former PhHgCl-based fungicide processing plant next to Příbram (central Bohemia). Although the use of Hg-based fungicides as seed mordant have been banned, and their production stopped at the end of 1980s, highly elevated Hg contents in soil are still observed in the vicinity of the former plant, reaching T-Hg values 13 mg kg-1. The second sampling site was an abandoned mining area named Jedová hora Hill near Hořovice (central Bohemia), where cinnabar (HgS) was occasionally mined as by-product of Fe ores hematite and siderite. Mining activities have been stopped here in 1857. Very high contents of T-Hg are still found at this site, up to 144 mg kg-1. In most cases we found a statistically significant correlation between T-Hg and Hg0 values regardless of the pollution source. On the contrary, insignificant correlation was observed neither between T-Hg and GEM values, nor between GEM and Hg0. Concentrations of the investigated organomercury species were above a limit of detection (LOD) only in the most contaminated samples, where their levels were about two to three orders of magnitude lower compared to those of T-Hg.
ER  -

SYSALOVÁ, J., J. KUČERA, B. DRTINOVÁ, Rostislav ČERVENKA, Ondřej ZVĚŘINA, Josef KOMÁREK and J. KAMENÍK. Mercury species in formerly contaminated soils and released soil gases. \textit{Science of The Total Environment}. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science BV., 2017, vol.~584, April, p.~1032-1039. ISSN~0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.157.

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