Mercury barrier

Spectral outputs of some typical metal halide lamps compared to that of the standard mercury lamp mercury barrier discharge lamp (a) mercury barrier discharge lamp, (b) iron additive lamp, and (c) gallium additive lamp. (Courtesy of American Ultraviolet Company.)... 

As the steam generator was being operated iso thermally at 700 °F. without water when the flow stoppage occurred, the steam-to-mercury barrier must have failed initially without detection, during previous steaming operations. This leak would then have allowed steam to condense in the mercury system and form an undetected water layer in the mercury-system expansion tank. The initial failure was probably not detected because of a fault in the leak-detection alarm system. The subsequent leak in the sodium-mercury barrier then allowed the water collected in the mercury system to enter the sodium. 

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The length of the axial bond would be expected on all theories to be important. The barrier height does decline from ethane to methyl silane to methyl germane, but of course the bonded atoms are different. Unfortunately reliable values are not available for dimethyl mercury, dimethyl acetylene, and similar molecules with still longer bonds. An apparent exception is provided by methyl mercaptan and methyl alcohol. The latter, with the shorter axial bond, has the lower barrier. 

The effectiveness of a vapor barrier can be rated in a term such as perms. An effective vapor barrier in buildings should have a rating no greater than, say, 0.2 perm. A rating of one perm means that one ft2 of the barrier is penetrated by one gram of water vapor per hour under a pressure differential of one in. of mercury. One in. of mercury equals virtually 0.5 psi one gram is one seven-thousandth of a pound. 

Aschner M, Aschner JL. 1990. Mercury neurotoxicity mechanisms of blood-brain barrier transport. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 14 169-176. 

Another well-documented case of feral fish chronically exposed to mercury through the effluent of the chlor-alkali plant is the case of the Cinca tributary [64, 65]. Barbel and bleak were collected upstream (SI) and downstream (S2) a chlor-alkali plant located at Monzon (Fig. 3). It is important to point out that there is no physical barrier between SI and S2 to prevent fish upstream migration of suspicious contaminated fishes from S2. 

Boudou, A., D. Georgescauld, and J.P. Desmazes. 1983. Ecotoxicological role of the membrane barriers in transport and bioaccumulation of mercury compounds. Pages 117-136 in J. 0. Nriagu (ed.). Aquatic Toxicology. John Wiley, NY. 

Boudou, A., Delnomdedieu, M., Georgescauld, D., Ribeyre, F. and Saouter, E. (1991). Fundamental roles of biological barriers in mercury accumulation and transfer in freshwater ecosystems (analysis at organism, organ, cell and molecular levels), Wat. Air, Soil Poll., 56, 807-822. 

Divalent mercury in rats has been reported to poorly penetrate the blood-brain barrier [23], However, there is an impairment of the blood-brain barrier within hours after mercury treatment [24, 25], By means of autoradiographic techniques, it was demonstrated [26] that after a single intravenous injection of labelled mercuric chloride, large portions of the radioactive mercury were detected in the cerebellar grey matter, area postrema, hypothalamus and areas near the lateral ventricle of mice. 

Mercuric salts weakly penetrate the placenta barrier however, they can accumulate in placenta [26-29], foetal membranes and amniotic fluid [30], In mice, mercuric chloride (1.5 mg per kg) injected on day 14 of gestation resulted in 0.14% of the injected mercury being transferred to foetal tissues 4 days later [27],... 

Most cases of mercury poisoning led to handicap, chronic disease, or death. The most frequent symptoms include numbness of limbs, lips and tongue, speech abnormalities, limb function disorders, visual acuity disorders, deafness, and muscular atrophy. Insomnia, hyperactivity, and coma have also been reported. Methylmercury penetrates the blood-brain barrier and causes central nervous system injuries. Mercury also has a teratogenic effect, leading to congenital abnormalities or congenital Minamata disease. 

Elemental mercury in the form of mercury vapor is readily and rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream when inhaled and easily crosses the blood-brain barrier and the placenta. Oral ingestion of elemental mercury is far less hazardous than inhalation of mercury vapor due to its poor absorption in the gut. Acute, high level exposure to mercury vapor can result in respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and gastrointestinal effects, and even death. 

Mercury accumulates in the muscle of the fish, which makes it all but impossible to avoid consumption of the methyl mercury. Methyl mercury is readily absorbed from the intestine and crosses the blood-brain barrier and the placenta. 

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