Nanosized Copper Selenide for Mercury Removal from Indoor Air and Emergency Disposal of Liquid Mercury Leakage

Factories manufacturing mercury (Hg)-containing devices often outflow exhaust gas with a high concentration of Hg and face the risk of liquid Hg leakage. Herein, nanosized CuSe was prepared and employed for elemental mercury (Hg0) capture and the emergency disposal of liquid Hg from accidental leakage. CuSe exhibited an excellent Hg0 capture performance at room temperature. The Hg0 concentration could be efficiently reduced from 1500 to below 1 μg·m–3 under a gaseous hourly space velocity of 1.2 × 105 h–1. The adsorbent amount of CuSe was about 210.8 mg·g–1, which was about 219.5 times higher than that of a sulfur-functionalized activated carbon sorbent used exclusively for Hg0 removal. CuSe exhibited excellent adaptability at different temperatures and high-humidity surroundings. CuSe could effectively stabilize the leaked liquid Hg. The initial liquid Hg adsorption rate for CuSe was high, up to 69.1 μg·g–1·min–1, 138–2303-fold greater than that for other adsorbents reported in the literature. The impres...

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