Degradation of organomercury fungicides in soil

Journal Article · · J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5129212

Kimura, Y; Miller, V L

Metallic mercury vapor and trace amounts of phenylmercury acetate (PMA) were present in the air surrounding PMA-treated soil. About equal amounts of the vapors of metallic mercury and a volatile ethylmercury compound were present when ethylmercury acetate was used. With the use of methylmercury compounds, methylmercury vapor was present with trace amounts of mercury vapor. The chloride was about twice as volatile as the dicyandiamide. A large portion of the organic mercurical applied to the soil was found to be in the organomercury form after the lapse of 30 to 50 days. Moisture in soil decreased the amount of escaping organic mercury vapor. 9 references, 3 figures, 4 tables.

• Research Organization: Washington State Univ., Puyallup
• OSTI ID: 5129212
• Journal Information: J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States) Vol. 12:3; ISSN JAFCA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

510200* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FUNGICIDES
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MERCURY
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
METALS
MOISTURE
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
SOILS
TRACE AMOUNTS
VAPORS