Studies on the photochemical decomposition of organomercurials—methylmercury (II) chloride

The photochemical decomposition of trace amounts of methylmercury (II) chloride in aqueous solution by ultraviolet light irradiation was studied. This may be an important environmental pollution problem. Methylmercury (II) chloride was decomposed and transformed to mercury (I) chloride, metallic mer...

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Published inEnvironmental pollution. Series B. Chemical and physical Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 3 - 10
Main Author Inoko, Masanori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 1981
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Summary:The photochemical decomposition of trace amounts of methylmercury (II) chloride in aqueous solution by ultraviolet light irradiation was studied. This may be an important environmental pollution problem. Methylmercury (II) chloride was decomposed and transformed to mercury (I) chloride, metallic mercury, ethane and monochloromethane. The initial decomposition reaction was CH 3HgCl → hv ·CH 3 + ·HgCl and first-order kinetics.
ISSN:0143-148X
DOI:10.1016/0143-148X(81)90003-3