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Release of volatile mercury from vascular plantsVolatile, organic solvent soluble mercury has been found in leaves and seeds of several angiosperms. Leaves of garlic vine, avocado, and haole-koa release mercury in volatile form rapidly at room temperature. In garlic vine, the most active release is temperature dependent, but does not parallel the vapor-pressure temperature relationship for mercury. Mercury can be trapped in nitric-perchloric acid digestion fluid, or n-hexane, but is lost from the hexane unless the acid mixture is present. Seeds of haole-koa also contain extractable mercury but volatility declines in the series n-hexane (90%), methanol (50%), water (10%). This suggests that reduced volatility may accompany solvolysis in the more polar media.
Document ID
19750055286
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Siegel, S. M.
Puerner, N. J.
Speitel, T. W.
(Hawaii, University Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: Physiologia Plantarum
Volume: 32
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
75A39358
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-12-001-042
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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