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Substance Flow Analysis of Mercury Affecting Water Quality in the European Union
PublicationW pracy zastosowano metodę SFA (Substance Flow Analysis) do oceny źródeł transportu i składowania rtęci w wodzie na terenie UE. W wyniku analizy stopnia zanieczyszczenia środowiska w przeszłości jak i scenariuszy zmian tego zanieczyszczenia w przyszłości stwierdzono, że spalanie paliw zawierających rtęć, takich jak węgiel i olej stanowi główne źródło zanieczyszczenia wody rtęcią.
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Determining diffusible hydrogen amounts using the mercury method. Welding International
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono szczegółową charakterystykę procedury oznaczania ilości wodoru dyfundującego metodą rtęciową na tle innych metod badawczych i aktualnego stanu wiedzy dotyczącego rozpatrywanego zagadnienia. Omówiono klasyfikację wodoru występującego w złączu spawanym oraz metody oznaczania ilości wodoru dyfundującego w stopiwie ze zwróceniem szczególnej uwagi na metodę rtęciową jako metodę podstawową. Zestawiono zależności...
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Digital harmonic analysis of cadmium ion reduction on a dropping mercury electrode
PublicationBadano redukcję jonów kadmu na rtęciowej elektrodzie kroplowej. Jako pobudzenie zastosowano sinusoidalny sygnał napięciowy nałożony na liniowo zmieniający się potencjał dc. Przeprowadzono analizę czasowo-częstotliwościową prądu polarograficznego dla reakcji redukcji jonu kadmu na rtęciowej elektrodzie kroplowej. Klasyczna transformacja Fouriera prowadzi do dekompozycji prądu polarograficznego na składowe harmoniczne. Harmoniczne...
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Production of certified reference materials - homogeneity and stability study based on the determination of total mercury and methylmercury
PublicationReference materials (RMs) play an important role in all elements of the quality assurance system of measurements. In this work, ``package'' 4 new CRMs (bottom sediment, herring tissue, cod tissue, cormorant tissue) were prepared and characterised to carry out the quality control in monitoring analysis of mercury and methylmercury in environmental samples. Materials - candidates were collected in Poland and south part of the Czech...
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Bis-phosphonated carbon nanotubes: one pot synthesis and their application as efficient adsorbent of mercury
PublicationEffective, one-pot method of CNTs phosphonylation is presented. Cheap and readily available reagents are used, so the process can be easily transferred to large-scale production. The product was analyzed using spectroscopic methods (FTIR, UV-vis, XPS). Thermal properties of the bis-phosphonated nanotubes are reported for the first time. Newly obtained material was tested as an adsorbent for mercury removal from water. The sorption...
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Mercury in suspended matter of the Gulf of Gdańsk: Origin, distribution and transport at the land–sea interface
PublicationThe coastal regions of inland seas are particularly vulnerable to Hg pollution. An important carrier of toxic Hg in the marine environment is suspended matter originating from multiple sources. The present study was conducted in the Gulf...
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Mercury concentration in the sediments as a function of changing climate in coastal zone of Southern Baltic Sea – preliminary results
PublicationMercury, despite of its many uses in industry, is also highly toxic. It is highly neurotoxic, and because of the ability of mercury to penetrate placental barrier, in some countries ban on predatory fish consumption (the main route of mercury into human organism) by pregnant women was introduced. There are very little publications describing the consequences of weather anomalies on contaminants cycles. No research was published...
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Macrophyta as a vector of contemporary and historical mercury from the marine environment to the trophic web
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The impact of land use and season on the riverine transport of mercury into the marine coastal zone
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Coastal erosion as a source of mercury into the marine environment along the Polish Baltic shore
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Mercury in the eggs of aquatic birds from the Gulf of Gdansk and Wloclawek Dam (Poland)
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Mercury fractionation in marine macrofauna using thermodesorption technique: Method and its application
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Coastal erosion—a “new” land-based source of labile mercury to the marine environment
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Effects of beach wrack on the fate of mercury at the land-sea interface – A preliminary study
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Usefulness of Mercury Porosimetry to Assess the Porosity of Cement Composites with the Addition of Aerogel Particles
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Coordination polymers and molecular structures among complexes of mercury(II) halides with selected 1-benzoylthioureas
PublicationSix new 1-benzoyl-3-phenylthiourea and 1-benzoyl-3-(2-methylphenyl)thiourea complexes of mercury( II) were obtained in the reactions of the ligands with HgX2 in methanol (X = Cl, Br, I). Their structures, determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, exhibit different stoichiometries and molecular organization. Coordination centers adopt more or less distorted tetrahedral geometry (five structures) or distorted trigonal...
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Total mercury in great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and fish in polish sector of Vistula Lagoon
PublicationAnalizowano tkanki miękkie 55 osobników kormorana czarnego oraz wybrane gatunki ryb stanowiące ich pokarm. Badane próbki pochodziły z ekosystemu Zalewu Wiślanego. Zawartość rtęci oznaczono w narządach wewnętrznych kormorana czarnego takich jak: wątroba, nerki, mięśnie, przełyk, żołądek, jelita, tchawica, płuca, mięsień sercowy. Przebadano następujące gatunki ryb: śledź, stynka, karaś, karaś srebrzysty, płoć, lin, jazgarz. Oznaczenia...
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Exposure to cadmium, lead and mercury in the adult population from Eastern Poland, 1990–2002
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Mercury emission to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in Europe in 2000 and their scenarios until 2020
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Emisja rtęci z polskiej energetyki = Mercury emission from polish energy sector
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Mercury in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea: A response to decreased atmospheric deposition and changing environment
PublicationOur review of the literature showed that since the beginning of the socio-economic transformation in Poland in the 1990s, the downward trend in Hg emissions and its deposition in the southern Baltic Sea was followed by a simultaneous decrease in Hg levels in water and marine plants and animals. Hg concentrations in the biota lowered to values that pose no or low risk to wildlife and seafood consumers. However, in the first decade...
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Air–sea exchange of mercury vapour over the Gulf of Gdańsk and southern Baltic Sea
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Impact of hydrotechnical works on outflow of mercury from the riparian zone to a river and input to the sea
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Species differences in total mercury concentration in gulls from the Gulf of Gdansk (Southern Baltic)
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Seasonal variation in accumulation of mercury in the benthic macrofauna in a temperate coastal zone (Gulf of Gdańsk)
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Forms of mercury in the Baltic mussel (Mytilus trossulus): Human and ecosystem health risk assessment
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The impact of military activities on the concentration of mercury in soils of military training grounds and marine sediments
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Mercury in suspended matter of the Gulf of Gdańsk: Origin, distribution and transport at the land–sea interface
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Mercury in immature and adults Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) wintering on the Gulf of Gdańsk area
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Mercury in marine fish, mammals, seabirds, and human hair in the coastal zone of the southern Baltic
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Mercury forms in the benthic food web of a temperate coastal lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)
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Selenium and mercury concentrations, Se:Hg molar ratios and their effect on the antioxidant system in wild mammals
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Determination of total mercury in fish and cormorant using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry
PublicationW pracy opisano technikę CV-AAS do oznaczania zawartości rtęci całkowitej w tkankach ryb i kormorana. Przedstawiono proces walidacji zastosowanej procedury analitycznej, w ramach którego wyznaczono takie parametry walidacyjne jak:- selektywność,- liniowość (r>0,993),- zakres pomiarowy (0,29-100 ng),- poprawność (odzysk 98%),- powtarzalność (CV <10%).Wartość rozszerzonej niepewności <13%.Przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów dla 8 gatunków...
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Emisja rtęci z polskiej energetyki = Mercury emission from polish energy sector
PublicationEnergetyka jest głównym źródłem emisji rtęci- według krajowej inwentaryzacji emisji metali ciężkich. Jednak podawana emisja z elektrowni i elektrociepłowni spalających węgiel kamienny wydaje się być zawyżona. Najnowsze badania wykazują niższą zawartość rtęci w węglu kamiennym (50-150 ppb) niż w węglu brunatnym (120-370ppb). Istnieje zatem potrzeba weryfikacji stosowanych wskaźników emisji dla procesów spalania węgla, które służą...
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Mercury emission to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in Europe in 2000 and their scenarios until 2020
PublicationPrzedstawiono obecny stan wiedzy na temat emisji rtęci ze źródeł antropogenicznych na terenie Europy w roku 2000. Zebrane dane stanowiły bazę wyjściową do opracowania scenariuszy emisji do roku 2020. Ponad połowa całkowitej emisji, szacowanej na 239 tony, pochodzi z energetyki przemysłowej oraz gospodarstw domowych i jest związana ze spalaniem stałych nośnikow energii. Istotnym źródłem emisji jest również produkcja cementu (ok....
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Construction and investigation of SO2 amperometric sensor with a solid polymer electrolyte membrane
Publicationn this paper a sensor for detection of the sulphur dioxide based on three electrode cell configuration with a liquid electrolyte, a mercury sulphate reference electrode and a solid polymer electrolyte working electrode is presented. Working elec- trode was obtained by using Takenaka-Torikai chemical deposi- tion method by precipitation of Au particles into the pores of the Nafion membrane. Sensors characteristics measurements were...
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Estimation of smokers' exposure to mercury from combustible tobacco products, based on the approach used in food consumers’ exposure estimation
PublicationSmoking has been known to mankind for centuries, but it is only in recent decades that much attention has been paid to the harmfulness of this habit. Mercury inhalation is particularly dangerous in this respect and smoking creates extremely favorable conditions for the emission and targeted delivery of this element into the lungs. Despite this fact, a lack of a clear method for estimating the exposure of tobacco consumers to mercury...
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Total mercury and methylmercury (MeHg) in braised and crude Boletus edulis carpophores during various developmental stages
PublicationWe collected and processed Boletus edulis (King Bolete) carpophores grouped in four batches based on their developmental stage (button stage, young—white, large—white, and large—yellow). The study aimed, for the first time, to examine the B. edulis content and effect of braising and to estimate the intake of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) from a single meal based on whole (wet) weight (ww) and dry weight (dw). In...
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Methylmercury and total mercury content in soft tissues of two bird species wintering in the Baltic Sea near Gdansk, Poland
PublicationOf the various forms of Hg occurring in nature, (mono) methylmercury (MeHg) is an especially toxic form and practically all forms of Hg can be converted into MeHg as a result of natural processes. Total mercury (THg) and MeHg were determined in tissues of two piscivorous birds: razorbill Alca torda and black-throated loon Gavia arctica to provide baseline data on current mercury concentrations for liver, kidneys and pectoral muscle...
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The Influence of Weather Anomalies on Mercury Cycling in the Marine Coastal Zone of the Southern Baltic—Future Perspective
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Simple screening technique for determination of adsorbed and absorbed mercury in particulate matter in atmospheric and aquatic environment
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Watershed characteristics and climate factors effect on the temporal variability of mercury in the southern Baltic Sea rivers
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Temporal changes in the content of labile and stabile mercury forms in soil and their inflow to the southern Baltic Sea
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Effect of diet on the capacity to remove mercury from the body of a penguin (Spheniscus demersus) living in the ZOO
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Distribution of mercury in different environmental compartments in the aquatic ecosystem of the coastal zone of the Southern Baltic Sea
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Biomagnification of mercury in trophic relation of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and fish in the Vistula Lagoon, Poland
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki oznaczeń rtęci całkowitej w wybranych tkankach kormorana czarnego oraz tkankach wybranych gatunków ryb. W badaniach wykorzystano technikę zimnych par spektrometrii absorpcji atomowej (CVAAS). Stwierdzono korelacje między poziomami zawartości rtęci w poszczególnych tkankach kormorana. Obliczono wartosci współczynnika biowzmocnienia dla każdego rodzaju badanych próbek.
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Mobility and bioavailability of mercury in sediments of the southern Baltic sea in relation to the chemical fractions of iron: Spatial and temporal patterns
PublicationMarine sediments play a significant role as reservoirs for mercury (Hg), a bioaccumulative toxic pollutant that poses risks to human and ecosystem health. Iron (Fe) has been recognized as an influential factor in the complexation and bioavailability of Hg in sediments. However, limited studies have investigated the interactions between the chemical fractions of these elements in natural settings. This study aims to examine the...
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Mercury in Different Feather Types from Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) Inhabiting the Vistula Lagoon Ecosystem in Poland
PublicationTotal mercury levels in different feather types (down, contour, tail and flight) in Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo L.) were determined using CV-AAS. Feathers from Great Cormorants inhabiting the Vistula Lagoon ecosystem have an average Hg level of 7.14 ± 3.99 (μg/g w.w.). Age-dependent concentrations of Hg were statistically significant (ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis, p < 0.0001). There were also significant differences in Hg levels...
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Mercury concentration in the sediments as a function of changing climate in coastal zone of Southern Baltic Sea – preliminary results
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Waste disposal sites as sources of mercury in the atmosphere in the coastal zone of the Gulf of Gdańsk (southern Baltic Sea)
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