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. 2012 Feb 3;51(11):2632–2635. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106776

Table 1.

Summary of analysis of mercury adsorption on different sized silver particles.

System Average diameter of AgNPs [nm] Ag content (mmol of Ag/ g SiO2) Maximum Hg loading (mmol of Hg/ g SiO2) Stoichiometric ratio of HgII to Ag0
C120-Ag-5 11 0.050 0.056 1.125:1
C120-Ag-10 31 0.100 0.064 0.64:1
C120-Ag-40 45 0.500 0.145 0.29:1
Ag rod 10 000[a] – – 0.07:1[b]

[a] The size of the Ag rod was 0.01 by 5 mm. [b] This ratio was taken from the quantity of HgII reduced from solution with that of AgI oxidized into solution.