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The Production and Fate of Volatile Molecular Species in the Environment: Metals and Metalloids

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Atmospheric Chemistry

Part of the book series: Dahlem Workshop Reports Physical and Chemical Sciences Research Report ((DAHLEM PHYSICAL,volume 4))

Abstract

Forms of volatile environmental metal(loid)s cannot be predicted from thermodynamic considerations of redox conditions. In their transport to and from the atmosphere, they may be degraded, sorbed, or regenerated by both chemical and biological events at rates largely unknown, though measurable. Trapping and escape of these elements at ubiquitous aquatic surface microlayers can now be reconciled with new progress in correlating molecular geometries with air-water transport and the biogeochemistry of microenvironments.

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Brinckman, F.E., Olson, G.J., Iverson, W.P. (1982). The Production and Fate of Volatile Molecular Species in the Environment: Metals and Metalloids. In: Goldberg, E.D. (eds) Atmospheric Chemistry. Dahlem Workshop Reports Physical and Chemical Sciences Research Report, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68638-2_13

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