Sensing in Electroanalysis

0369142 - ÚFCH JH 2012 CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Navrátil, Tomáš - Švancara, I. - Mrázová, K. - Nováková, Kateřina - Šestáková, Ivana - Heyrovský, Michael - Pelclová, D.
Mercury and mercury electrodes: The ultimate battle for the naked existence (a consideration).
Sensing in Electroanalysis. Pardubice: University Press Centre, 2011 - (Kalcher, K.; Metelka, R.; Švancara, I.; Vytřas, K.), s. 23-53. ISBN 978-80-7395-434-5
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA400400806; GA ČR GAP206/11/1638; GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06035
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z40400503
Keywords : mercury * elemental form * mercury compounds
Subject RIV: CG - Electrochemistry

In this article, the current status and position of mercury as one of the most typical representative of present day´s fear from "harmful chemistry" is for the first time concisely reviewed (with 100 refs.). Mercury as such means a danger for the environment and the human beings, but the contemporary life of the civilized man without utilization of this metal element would be hardly imaginable. It is shown that mercury has occupied a significant position in the industry (in mining, as an inevitable component of electrolyzers, batteries, and various lightning devices), in medicine (as amalgams in dintistry or some special medicaments), as well as in physical and chemical laboratories (thermometer and barometers, or as traditional electrodes for polarography and voltammetry).
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0203282