Digests or extracts?—Some interesting but conflicting results for three widely differing polluted sediment samples |
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Authors: | Iain L Marr Petra Kluge Laura Main Vincent Margerin Cyrille Lescop |
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Institution: | (1) Chemistry Department, The University, AB 9 2UE Old Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
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Abstract: | Three sets of samples have been investigated in some detail. One set is from a river polluted by mine workings, containing substantial levels of Fe, Mn,Cu, Zn and Ni with traces of many other metals. The second set consists of typical estuarine sediments contaminated from a wide range of industrial sources, and the third set consists of oily drilling cuttings from the sea bottom in the vicinity of a North Sea oil production platform.These samples have been subjected to treatment 1) with EDTA at two different pH's (extracts) 2) with HNO3/H2O2 3) with HNO3/HCl and 4) with HNO3/HCl/HF (digests). EDTA recoveries, compared toaqua regia digests, are often very reproducible, not dependent on pH, and usually significantly low. Nitric/peroxide andaqua regia digests often give very close results suggesting that these are meaningful values indicating the maximum levels of polluting metals in the sediments. However, the triple acid digest with HF does sometimes give higher values (and reasonable agreement for CRM's such as MESS-1) but with poorer reproducibility. |
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Keywords: | sample digestion microwave sediments trace metals |
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