title: Behaviour of dilute solutions of mercury.
abstract: It is shown that loss of radioactivity from labelled mercury(II) solutions is due to reduction of some mercury(II) by reductants adventitiously introduced, followed by disproportionation of mercury(I) and loss of metallic mercury in the gas phase. The loss can be prevented by addition of a small excess of an oxidant such as permanganate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Biology and Biophysics University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York 14620, U.S.A.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Toribara
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Koval