Comment on Ernest et al. Programmable Thermal Dissociation of Reactive Gaseous Mercury, A Potential Approach to Chemical Speciation: Results from a Field Study. Atmosphere 2014, 5, 575–596
Abstract:The authors of this paper utilized a so-called "programmable thermal dissociation method" to monitor HgCl 2 emitted from a coal-fired Florida combustion plant. By comparison, they did confirm that the emitted mercury compound was in fact the dichloride, which is in fact the only such plausible molecule for mercury. However, the subtle implications in the paper that the HgCl 2 (g) molecule is not thermally stable and can readily dissociate in the gas phase at temperatures below 300 • C is not consistent with a … Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.