Elemental mercury vapour poisoning. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med JA 30-year-old male presented with complaints of cough, chest pain and difficulty in breathing for the past 2 weeks. The patient had no addictions and no known comorbidities. The patient has worked in a chemical laboratory for the past 4 months where they routinely use mercury vapour.
Karnan A, Ledwani A.
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Solar sail capture trajectories at Mercury [PDF]
, 2002 Mercury is an ideal environment for future planetary exploration by solar sail since it has proved difficult to reach with conventional propulsion and hence remains largely unexplored.
Macdonald, Malcolm, McInnes, Colin
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The poisonous truth about the mercury drop test: the effect of elemental mercury on Pd(0) and Pd(II)ArX intermediates [PDF]
, 2023 The mercury drop test is a widely used method for distinguishing between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis in organometallic systems. However, recent research has highlighted the limitations of this test due to the intrinsic reactivity of some ...
Ian, Chagunda +3 more
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Observed in-plume gaseous elemental mercury depletion suggests significant mercury scavenging by volcanic aerosols [PDF]
, 2023 Terrestrial volcanism is known to emit mercury (Hg) into the atmosphere. However, despite many years of investigation, its net impact on the atmospheric Hg budget remains insufficiently constrained, in part because the transformations of Hg in volcanic ...
Yuzo, Miyazaki +19 more
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Transformation of Elemental Mercury by Bacteria [PDF]
Applied Microbiology, 1975 The fate and impact of elemental mercury in closed bacterial cultures were examined. The quantity of elemental mercury oxidized by bacteria ranged from small amounts for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P. fluorescens, Escherichia coli , and Citrobacter to essentially all of the added elemental ...
H W, Holm, M F, Cox
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Extractability and mobility of mercury from agricultural soils surrounding industrial and mining contaminated areas [PDF]
, 2010 This study focussed on a comparison of the extractability of mercury in soils with two different contamination sources (a chlor-alkali plant and mining activities) and on the evaluation of the influence of specific soil properties on the behaviour of the
Reis, Ana Teresa +4 more
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Erethism Mercurialis and Reactions to Elemental Mercury [PDF]
Cutis, 2021 Mercury is an underrecognized cause of heavy metal poisoning. Typically, mercury exposure occurs though consumption of methylmercury in seafood or acute inhalation of elemental mercury vapors, with other routes of exposure being uncommon. We describe a case of mercury toxicity resulting from intentional injection of liquid mercury into the right ...
Corey, Stone +2 more
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Summertime elemental mercury exchange of temperate grasslands on an ecosystem-scale [PDF]
, 2008 In order to estimate the air-surface mercury exchange of grasslands in temperate climate regions, fluxes of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) were measured at two sites in Switzerland and one in Austria during summer 2006.
A. Hammerle +20 more
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Air-Surface exchange of elemental mercury in uncontaminated grasslands : determination of fluxes and identification of forcing factors with micrometeorological methods and controlled laboratory studies [PDF]
, 2008 The burning of fossil fuels, incineration of waste, smelting of metals and other industrial processes and applications have been adding considerable amounts of mercury to the atmosphere.
Fritsche, Johannes
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Intraperitoneal Elemental Mercury Exposure from a Mercury-Weighted Bougie [PDF]
Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2013 Significant exposure to elemental mercury can occur if a mercury-weighted medical device is damaged during use. We report a case of an elemental mercury spill into the peritoneum of a patient undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery.A 64-year-old man with multiple comorbidities underwent an elective Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure for the ...
Maryann, Mazer-Amirshahi +2 more
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