• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.652-656
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• 2014

Mercury amount in vapor phase from 3 types of CFL(compact fluorescent lamp) are estimated by measuring mercury concentration in vapor phase. The mercury concentration in vapor phase from CFL is sharply decreased during initial time and then the change in the mercury concentration is slightly decreased up to 24 hours. The mercury concentration in vapor phase is almost constant after 42 hours, which can be called by stabilized concentration. It can be estimated that the stabilized concentration is caused by the evaporation of mercury in the residues of broken CFL and can be affected by temperature and pressure in crushing apparatus. The mercury concentration for CFL manufactures are in the order of A < B < C as the same results of the initial mercury concentration and the stabilized concentration in vapor phase. As increased air flow rate, the partial pressure of mercury is decreased and the amount of mercury is reduced. Initially, the mercury concentration in vapor phase emitted from CFLs is higher than the regulatory level of $0.1mg/m^3$ in the specific facilities regardless of air flow rate. Hence, it is absolutely necessary that mercury in vapor phase should be controlled at the point of crushing campact fluorescent lamp.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.55-60
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• 1987

본 연구의 목적은 스펙트럼의 재흡수를 이용하여, 수은-아르곤 방전중의 63P 여기원자 농도를 결정하는 데 있다. 먼저, 평면거울을 사용한 경우의 재흡수 이론을 전개한 다음, 이를 수은-아르곤 방전에 적용시켜, 복잡한 미세구조를 갖는 수은의 visible-triplet lines에 있어서의 스펙트럼의 흡수계수와 측정된 흡수율사이의 수치적 관계를 구하였다. 이와함께, 흡수계수와 흡수원자농도사이의 관계를 이용하여, 방전관의 관벽온도를 변화시킨 경우와 방전전류를 변화시킨 경우에 있어서, 측정 흡수율에 상응하는 수은의 63P 여기원자 농도를 구하였고 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. ⅰ) 측정범위내에서 준안정원자의 농도는 63P1 상태의 농도보다 높다. ⅱ) 방전전류를 증가시킴에 따라 435.8[nm]의 재흡수가 급격히 증가하고, 그 결과 63P1 여기상태의 농도는 준안정원자에 비해 상대적으로 높은 증가속도를 보인다. ⅲ) 방전전류 증가시 준안정원자와 전자사이의 충돌이 빈번해져서 준안정원자의 증가속도가 둔화하는 대신 축적여기 또는 전리의 확률이 높아진다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.29 no.8
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• pp.879-887
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• 2019

This study investigated the localization and changes in the concentration of injected mercury in the kidney, liver, and spleen of mice. To evaluate changes in the concentration of mercury over time, the mice were euthanized 10, 150, and 300 days post-treatment. Localization of accumulated mercury was identified by the autometallography method. Mercury was densely located in the supranuclear cytoplasm of epithelial cells of proximal tubules of the kidney but was not detected in the glomerulus 10 days post-treatment. In the liver, mercury was mainly found in hepatocytes around the portal vein and in sinusoidal Kupffer cells 10 days post-treatment. Mercury was scattered throughout both white and red pulp of the spleen 10 days post-treatment. In terms of changes in the concentration of mercury, the levels were lower in the renal cortex and medulla 150 and 300 days post-treatment as compared with those 10 days post-treatment. Mercury was found at low concentrations in liver hepatocytes 150 and 300 days post-treatment. The mercury concentration was also low in both the white and red pulp of the spleen 150 and 300 days post-treatment. Therefore, the concentrations of accumulated mercury in the kidney, liver, and spleen 150 and 300 days post-treatment were lower than those 10 days post-treatment. We identified the localization of mercury in cells and tissues of several organs and observed that accumulated mercury in organs decreased naturally over time.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.382-391
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• 2009

Atmospheric speciated mercury concentrations including total gaseous mercury (TGM) and reactive gaseous mercury (RGM) were measured in Chuncheon from March 2006 to November 2008. Average concentrations were 2.10 ${\pm}$ 1.50 ng/$m^3$ and 3.00 ${\pm}$ 3.14 pg/$m^3$ for TGM and RGM, respectively. RGM concentrations were higher during daytime than nighttime probably because of high photochemical activities. We found that RGM concentration considerably increased as ozone increased when fog occurred, indicating that ozone was the important oxidant for $Hg^0$ in aqueous phase. TGM concentration showed positive correlations with CO and $PM_{10}$ which can transport in long-range, but there was no correlation with $NO_2$. Considering that major source of mercury is combustion process, this result showed that local sources did not significantly impact on TGM concentration in Chuncheon. Five-day backward trajectories were calculated for the samples representing high and low concentrations of TGM, and determined that industrialized area of China including Shenyang and Beijing influenced TGM concentrations in Chuncheon.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.113-117
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• 1979

The short-term acute toxicities of mercury, cadmium and copper for the clam, Meretrix lusoria were determined from 28 June to 15 July, 1978. In the test with mercury and copper, the rate ot mucus excretion increased gradually at a higher concentration. But the clams did not excrete mucus in the solutions of cadmium and natural sea water. The rate of mucus excretion in mercury was $42.9\%$, and that in copper was $14.3\%$ in a test solution of 1mg/l. mercury was more toxic than copper. The median lethal concentration after 96 hours (96 hr-Lc 50) was 0.67mg/l in mercury, 7.04mg/l in copper and 7.10mg/l in cadmium. Consequently it was found that mercury was the most toxic substance and cadmium was the least. meanwhile, it was considered that exposure time by stimulation in a fixed concentration caused the test animals to respond.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.369-375
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• 2004

This experiment was studied to obtain basic environmental effects and biological information on the early growth of larval mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Mitten crabs were maintained for each larval stage with solutions containing 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 ppm of cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg). The relationship between survival rate of mitten crabs and metal content in the growth chamber showed a positive correlations. However, it showed a significant difference in the 96 $hr- LC^{50}$ values of Cd and Hg for the E. sinensis larvae from the first zoea larva to juvenile. Hg was more toxic to E. sinensis larval than Cd. When Cd and Hg are released into the water, they enter E. sinensis larval and are biological magnified. These results of survival rate and bioaccumulation are very important when considering the survival of the mitten crab.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.28 no.1 s.49
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• pp.27-42
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• 1995

The in vivo and in vitro humoral and cell-mediated immune responses of lymphocytes of BALB/c mouse exposed to mercury chloride$(HgCl_2)$ were investigated. In vitro exposure of the splenocytes to mercury chloride produced overt cytotoxicity in 3 hours period. The $IC_{50}$(the concentration required to inhibit a splenocyte viability by 50%) for mercury chloride was >0.1mM for cytotoxicity. In vivo mercury chloride exposed mice were significantly depressed delayed type hypersensitivity(DTH) response to sheep red blood cells(SRBC) in a dose-dependent manner compared with control group. Mercury chloride inhibited the proliferative responses of splenocytes to lipopolysaccharide, pokeweed mitogen, concanavalin A and phytohemagglutinin in a dose-dependent manner. Hemagglutinin response to SRBC in mercury chloride exposed mice was significantly depressed in a dose-dependent manner compared with control group. After 7 weeks of mercury chloride exposure in vivo, mercury chloride induced an increase of nonspecific serum $IgG_1$ and IgE levels in BALB/c mice.

• Journal of Aquaculture
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.177-182
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• 1992

Experiments were conducted with goldfish exposed to various levels of mercuric chloride(control group) and mercuric chloride with chitosan (experimental group). Dilutions of these two solutions were made in the concentration ranges 0.6 to 1.0 $mg/{\ell}$ and 1.2 to 2.0 $mg/{\ell}$, respectively. Fifty percent lethal concentration of mercuric chloride($LC_{50}$) for 48 hours with the species was between 0.6 and 0.7 $mg/{\ell}$. Exposure of goldfish to mercury produced a marked, dose-dependent mortality with elevation of concentration (P<0.05). However, at each concentration of mercuric chloride treated with chitosan, mortality decreased significantly compared to control group (P<0.05).

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.811-818
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• 2018

This study was performed to investigate the localization and concentration changes of mercury compound in female reproductive organs with time. Methylmercuric chloride was subcutaneously injected weekly into pubescent female mice for 3 weeks. For the concentration changes of mercury with time, the mice were sacrificed at 10, 150, and 300 days post treatment (DPT). Body and organ weights were not significantly different between the control and mercury-treated groups, except for 10 DPT in body weight. Localization of accumulated mercury was identified by the autometallography method. Localization of mercury compounds in the uterus, ovary, and ovum was analyzed with a light microscope. In the uterus, mercury was densely located in the stroma cells and surface epithelium of the perimetrium at 10 DPT. Mercury concentration was decreased at 150 DPT and did not appear at 300 DPT. In the ovary, mercury particles were distributed in the stroma cells of the cortex region, cells of the theca around the follicle, and the corpus luteum at 10 DPT. Mercury was concentrated in the medulla region at 150 DPT and was not distributed at 300 DPT. In the ovum, mercury particles were mainly located in the marginal region at 10 and 150 DPT. Mercury concentration was decreased and evenly distributed at 300 DPT. These results suggest that hormone synthesis, implantation, and developing embryos will be affected by mercury compound in the female mouse.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.138-142
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• 2005

DGM은 상온에서 휘발성을 가지는 수은의 독특한 화학적 성질 때문에 쉽게 대기로 방출될 수 있고, 대기 중으로의 DGM 방출은 수체 내 수은의 유일한 제거 기작일 뿐만 아니라, 고정상으로 존재하던 수은이 다시 이동상의 수은으로 변화하는 중요한 과정이다. 본 연구는 2005년 8월과 10월에 주암호를 대상으로 실시간 자동분석 장치(Tekran 2537A)를 이용하여 DGM 농도변화를 관찰하였다. 전반적인 주암호(n=23)의 여름철 평균 BGM 농도는 110 ${\pm}$ 21 pg $L^{-1}$으로 기존에 발표된 국외 호수에서의 DGM 농도보다 약 3배정도 높았다. 강우에 따른(강우량 : 0.4 mm) DGM 농도 변화는 비가오기 전 89 pg $L^{-1}$ 에서 비온 뒤 89 pg $L^{-1}$ 으로 약 9%가 증가했다. 그러나 가을철 평균 DGM 농도(n=21)는 20 ${\pm}$ 0.4pg $L^{-1}$ 로 여름철보다 약 5.5배 감소했고, 비가 내리는 날씨에서의 DGM 농도는 13.7 pg $L^{-1}$ 로 맑은 날 같은 시간에 비해(32 pg $L^{-1}$) 약 58% 감소했다.