<b>Effectiveness of “mercury traps” to prevent a release of mercury used in student’s experiment into wastewater from laboratory</b>

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  • Hamada Yuriko
    Environmental Safety center, Kagoshima University
  • Tomiyasu Takashi
    Environmental Safety center, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University

Bibliographic Information

Published
2025-12-25
DOI
  • 10.11162/daikankyo.e24procp29
Publisher
Academic Consociation of Environmental Safety and Waste Management, Japan

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<p>Some reagents used in students’ experiments contain mercury. Since the concentration of mercury in such reagents are several orders of magnitude higher than the wastewater standard, a release of the reagents even in a little portion causes a serious contamination of wastewater. In this study, to prevent such unexpected discharge of mercury in the student’s experiment, mercury traps using activated carbon have been produced and set in sinks in the laboratory. Mercury was adsorbed on the trap in the average of 2 μg/g and mercury concentration in wastewater kept under the regulation value.</p>

Journal

  • Journal of Environment and Safety

    Journal of Environment and Safety 16 (2), 47-49, 2025-12-25

    Academic Consociation of Environmental Safety and Waste Management, Japan

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390307059736933888
  • DOI
    10.11162/daikankyo.e24procp29
  • ISSN
    21863725
    18844375
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Disallowed

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