Abstract
Tablets consisting of mercury in the form of a dull grey powder made by triturating mercury with chalk and sugar are used in Indian household for storing food-grains. The contamination of wheat samples by mercury, when stored with mercury tablets for period of upto four years has been assessed by using non-destructive neutron activation analysis. The details of the analytical procedure used have also been briefly described. The concentration of mercury in wheat increases with storage period. Loss of weight of mercury tablet is proportional to the storage period to a first approximation. In the present experiment, the average weight loss at the and end of first year was 0.009716 g corresponding to 6 ppm in wheat.
Lalit, B Y;
Ramachandran, T V
[1]
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay (India). Air Monitoring Section
Citation Formats
Lalit, B Y, and Ramachandran, T V.
Concentration of mercury in wheat samples stored with mercury tablets as preservative. [Neutrons].
Hungary: N. p.,
1977.
Web.
doi:10.1007/BF02517005.
Lalit, B Y, & Ramachandran, T V.
Concentration of mercury in wheat samples stored with mercury tablets as preservative. [Neutrons].
Hungary.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02517005
Lalit, B Y, and Ramachandran, T V.
1977.
"Concentration of mercury in wheat samples stored with mercury tablets as preservative. [Neutrons]."
Hungary.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02517005.
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author = {Lalit, B Y, and Ramachandran, T V}
abstractNote = {Tablets consisting of mercury in the form of a dull grey powder made by triturating mercury with chalk and sugar are used in Indian household for storing food-grains. The contamination of wheat samples by mercury, when stored with mercury tablets for period of upto four years has been assessed by using non-destructive neutron activation analysis. The details of the analytical procedure used have also been briefly described. The concentration of mercury in wheat increases with storage period. Loss of weight of mercury tablet is proportional to the storage period to a first approximation. In the present experiment, the average weight loss at the and end of first year was 0.009716 g corresponding to 6 ppm in wheat.}
doi = {10.1007/BF02517005}
journal = []
volume = {36:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Hungary}
year = {1977}
month = {Jan}
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title = {Concentration of mercury in wheat samples stored with mercury tablets as preservative. [Neutrons]}
author = {Lalit, B Y, and Ramachandran, T V}
abstractNote = {Tablets consisting of mercury in the form of a dull grey powder made by triturating mercury with chalk and sugar are used in Indian household for storing food-grains. The contamination of wheat samples by mercury, when stored with mercury tablets for period of upto four years has been assessed by using non-destructive neutron activation analysis. The details of the analytical procedure used have also been briefly described. The concentration of mercury in wheat increases with storage period. Loss of weight of mercury tablet is proportional to the storage period to a first approximation. In the present experiment, the average weight loss at the and end of first year was 0.009716 g corresponding to 6 ppm in wheat.}
doi = {10.1007/BF02517005}
journal = []
volume = {36:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Hungary}
year = {1977}
month = {Jan}
}