The electrochemical reduction of benzalacetone (BA) has been studied at mercury cathodes in N,N-dimethylformamide solutions by the techniques of cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential coulometry. The radical anion (BA'-) forms ion pairs with tetraethylammonium cations and then disappears in oligomerization processes. Atentative structureof the dimer BA BA"-... (C2H5)4N+is suggested on the ...

A fluorescence method for detecting mercury ion in a homogeneous medium is proposed with gold nanorods (GNRs) as a fluorescence quencher on the basis of the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Under the optimum conditions, the method exhibits a dynamic response range from 10 pM to 5 nM with a detection limit of 2.4 pM.

A colorimetric assay for NADPH-dependent, mercuric ion-specific oxidoreductase activity was developed to facilitate the investigation of mercuric reductase gene expression in polluted aquatic ecosystems. Protein molecules extracted directly from unseeded freshwater and samples seeded with Pseudomonas aeruginosa PU21 (Rip64) were quantitatively assayed for mercuric reductase activity in microtit...

Since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory determination in 2000 that it intended to regulate emissions from coalfired power plants, many utilities have stepped up proactive steps to investigate methods to control and reduce emissions. However, a lack of sound data still exists which documents the effect of selective catalytic reduction (SCR), selective noncatalytic reducti...