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Mercury vapour suppression by various liquid media
Author(s) -
SUTOW E.J.,
FOONG W.C.,
RIZKALLA A.S.,
JONES D.W.,
POWER N.L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1994.tb01169.x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , chemistry , environmental chemistry , computer science , programming language
Summary Fresh and used photographic fixer, Merconvap® and water were evaluated for their ability to suppress the vapourization of mercury. Mercury vapour concentration above the four test storage liquids was measured at various times between 10 min and 335 days, using a mercury vapour measuring instrument. The data were analysed using a Student‐Newman‐Keuls multiple comparison test ( P = 0.05). The results showed that fresh and used fixer and Merconvap® suppressed the vapourization of mercury to below the detection limit of the measuring instrument (0.01 mg/m 3 ). Water was much less effective compared with the other liquids and showed an increase in mercury vapour concentration with log t.