Research Article

A Simple Approach for Measuring Emission Patterns of Vapor Phase Mercury under Temperature-Controlled Conditions from Soil

Table 1

Basic soil parameters and Hg content measured from 3 soil samples investigated in this study.

Parameter unitpH LOIaCECbHg
(%)μeq g−1 Mg kg−1

S-17.016.03142.93.309
S-26.344.3642.62.942
S-36.475.6879.32.787

aLOI: loss on ignition measured after 6 hrs at 450°C.
bCEC: cation exchange capacity.