MERCURY QUANTIFICATION IN SOILS USING THERMAL DESORPTION AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY: PROPOSAL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ANALYSIS

Despite the considerable environmental importance of mercury (Hg), given its high toxicity and ability to contaminate large areas via atmospheric deposition, little is known about its activity in soils, especially tropical soils, in comparison with other heavy metals. This lack of information about...

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Main Authors: Liliane Catone Soares, Fernando Barboza Egreja Filho, Cláudia Carvalhinho Windmoller, Maria Irene Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 2015-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832015000401100&lng=en&tlng=en