<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The paper presents the results of research on the content of mercury in snow samples with the use of isotachophoresis. Snow samples were collected in December 2017 as well as in January and February 2018. Samples were collected in Siedlce in places where the individual heating of houses, mainly by hard coal, was visible. The highest mean content of mercury amounting to 0.36 μg/dm3 of water was determined in the snow samples collected in January 2018 in the Żwirowa housing development, and the lowest – 0.25 μg/dm3 in two housing developments: Nowe Siedlce and Topolowa, also collected in January. The snow samples collected in the Żwirowa housing development were characterised by the highest contamination with mercury compared to all the other samples collected for the analysis. The research is a continuation of pollution monitoring in the town of Siedlce in connection with the European Union recommendations on environmental protection and the ‘clean air’ programme implemented in Poland.</abstract>

The paper presents the results of research on the content of mercury in snow samples with the use of isotachophoresis. Snow samples were collected in December 2017 as well as in January and February 2018. Samples were collected in Siedlce in places where the individual heating of houses, mainly by hard coal, was visible. The highest mean content of mercury amounting to 0.36 μg/dm3 of water was determined in the snow samples collected in January 2018 in the Żwirowa housing development, and the lowest – 0.25 μg/dm3 in two housing developments: Nowe Siedlce and Topolowa, also collected in January. The snow samples collected in the Żwirowa housing development were characterised by the highest contamination with mercury compared to all the other samples collected for the analysis. The research is a continuation of pollution monitoring in the town of Siedlce in connection with the European Union recommendations on environmental protection and the ‘clean air’ programme implemented in Poland.

Dynamics of mercury content changes in snow in the heating season on the example of the city of Siedlce

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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The paper presents the results of research on the content of mercury in snow samples with the use of isotachophoresis. Snow samples were collected in December...

Dynamics of mercury content changes in snow in the heating season on the example of the city of Siedlce

Published Online: Mar 29, 2019

Page range: 19 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2019-0004

Keywords
Mercury, environmental pollution, determination, isotachophoresis

© 2019 Joanna Jabłońska, Mariusz Kluska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Dynamics of mercury content changes in snow in the heating season on the example of the city of Siedlce

Published Online: Mar 29, 2019

Page range: 19 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2019-0004

KeywordsMercury, environmental pollution, determination, isotachophoresis

© 2019 Joanna Jabłońska, Mariusz Kluska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Mercury, environmental pollution, determination, isotachophoresis