Determination of mercury and its fractionation products in samples from legacy use of mercury amalgam in gold processing in Randfontein, South Africa

This study aimed at determining the levels of total mercury (THg) in tailings dams, soil, sediments and water samples collected in the vicinity of legacy mercury amalgam gold mines. Acid digestion was employed in sample digestion followed by analysis using CVAAS. Tailings dams, community and garden...

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Main Authors: Tshia Malehase, Adegbenro P. Daso, Jonathan O. Okonkwo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-09-01
Series:Emerging Contaminants
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665016300142