Evaluation of a sequential extraction method for determining actinide fractionation in soils and sediments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-174

  Schultz, Michael K ^a   Burnett, William C ^a   Inn, Kenneth G W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; ALUMINUM; AMERICIUM; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EDETIC ACID; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLUTONIUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE; EXTRACTION METHOD; FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD;

EID: 0031749318     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00075-1     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Aguilera N. H., Jackson M. L. Iron oxide removal from soils and clays. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings. 17:1953;359-364.
2. Anderson J. U. An improved pretreatment for mineralogical analysis of samples containing organic matter. Clays Clay Minerals. 10:1963;380-388.
3. Anonymous (1995) Comparison of DOE and FSU Complexes. In U.S. - Former Soviet Union Environmental Management Activities. Department of Energy/Office of Environmental Management Report DOE/EM-0263, pp. 7-8.
4. Ballestra S., Gastaud J., Lopez J. J., Parsi P., Vas D. Report on the intercomparison run IAEA-135. 1993;Radionuclides in Irish Sea sediments. IAEA/AL/063. IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
5. Balzar W. On the distribution of iron and manganese at the sediment/water interface. thermodynamic versus kinetic control Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 46:1982;1153-1161.
6. Batlle J. V. Speciation and bioavailability of plutonium and americium in the Irish Sea and other marine environments. Ph.D. Dissertation. 1993;Department of Experimental Physics. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
7. Bradley D. J., Frank C. W., Mikerin Y. Nuclear contamination from weapons complexes in the former Soviet Union and the United States. Physics Today. 49(4):1996;40-45.
8. Burnett, W. C., Corbett, D. R. and Schultz, M. K. (1996) Analysis of actinide elements in soils and sediments. Proceedings, 12th Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium, Environmental Protection Agency/American Chemical Society, July 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C., pp. 77-86.
9. Cable, P. H., Burnett, W. C., Hunley, D., Winnie, J., McCabe, W. and Ditchburn, R. (1994) Investigating the chemical and physical controls on electrodeposition for alpha-spectroscopy (abs.), Proceedings, Conference on Bioassay, Analytical, and Environmental Radiochemistry; Cincinnati, Ohio, November. 13-17.
10. Choppin G. R., Nash K. L. Actinide Separation Science. Radiochimica Acta. 70/71:1995;225-236.
11. Choppin G. R., Rydberg J. Nuclear Chemistry. Theory and Applications:1980;Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY.
12. Choppin G. R., Rydberg J., Liljenzin J. O. Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry. Nuclear Chemistry; Theory and Applications, 2nd edn Chapter22:1995;Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK.
13. Goldstein, S. J., Slemmons, A. K. and Canavan, H. E. (1996) Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence methods for environmental characterization of soils. 30, 2318-2321.
14. Kaplan D. I., Hunter D. B., Bertsch P. M., Balt S., Adriano D. C. Application of synchrotron X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis to identify contaminant metals on groundwater colloids. Environmental Science and Technology. 28(6):1994;1186-1189.
15. Kemner K. M., Hunter D. B., Elam W. T., Bertsch P. M. XAFS studies of solution-phase complexes of cesium with dibenzo-18-crown-6-ethers. Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(28):1996;11698-11703.
16. Kershaw P. J., Bradley J. H., Woodhead D. S., Lovett M. B. Alpha-Emitting Hot Particles in Irish Sea Sediments. Science of Total Environment. 53:1986;77-87.
17. Kheboian C., Bauer C. F. Accuracy of selective extraction procedures for metal speciation in model aquatic sediments. Analytical Chemistry. 59(10):1987;1417-1423.
18. Miller W. P., Martens D. C., Zelazny L. W. Effect of sequence in extraction of trace metals from soils. Soil Science Society of America. 50:1986;598-601.
19. Nelson D. M., Lovett M. B. Oxidation state of plutonium in the Irish Sea. Nature. 276(7):1978;599-601.
20. Nelson, D. M., Larsen, R. P. and Penrose W. R. (1987) Chemical speciation of plutonium in natural waters. Environmental Research of Actinide Elements. August, 1987. DE86008713.
21. Pipe D. Z., Wandless G. A. Hydroxylamine hydrochloride-acetic acid-soluble and -insoluble fractions of pelagic sediment. readsorption revisited Environmental Science and Technology. 26(12):1992;2489-2493.
22. Rapin F., Tessier A., Campbell P., Carignan R. Potential artifacts in the determination of metal partitioning in sediments by a sequential extraction procedure. Environmental Science and Technology. 20(8):1986;836-840.
23. Salbu B., Krekling T., Ostby G., Kashparov V. A., Brand T. L., Day J. P. Hot particles in accidental releases from Chernobyl and Windscale nuclear installations. Analyst. 119:1994;125-130.
24. Schultz, M. K. (1996) Partitioning of uranium, americium, and plutonium in Irish Sea sediment by sequential chemical extractions. M. S. Thesis. Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-33048.
25. Schultz M. K., Burnett W. C., Inn K. G. W., Thomas J. W. L., Lin Z. New directions for natural-matrix standards - the NIST speciation workshop. Radioactivity and Radiochemistry. 7(1):1996;9-12.
26. Schultz M. K., Burnett W. C., Inn K. G. W., Thomas J. W. L., Lin Z. Partitioning of radioactive elements in NIST natural-matrix standards. Journal of Research National Institute of Standard and Technology. 101:1996;707-715.
27. Shanbag P. M., Morse J. W. Americium interaction with calcite and aragonite in seawater. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 46:1982;241-246.
28. Sholkovitz E. R. The geochemistry of plutonium in fresh and marine water environments. Earth Science Review. 19:1963;95-161.
29. Sholkovitz E. R. Artifacts associated with the chemical leaching of sediments for rare-earth elements. Chemical Geology. 77:1989;47-51.
30. Shuman L. M. Sodium hypochlorite methods for extracting microelements associated with soil organic matter. Soil Science Society of America. 47:1983;656-660.
31. Sterkman T., Gomez A., Ciesielski H. Soil and waste analysis for environmental risk assessment in France. Science of the Total Environment. 178:1996;63-69.
32. Stover R. C., Sommers L. E., Silvera D. J. Evaluation of metals in wastewater sludge. Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation. 48:1976;2165-2175.
33. Sill C. W. Preparation of actinides as fluorides or hydroxides for high-resolution alpha-spectroscopy. Nuclear Chemistry and Waste Management. 7:1987;201-214.
34. 4OAc-EDTA on the solid phase distribution of metals in a contaminated dredged sediment. Science of the Total Environment. 178:1996;29-36.
35. Tessier A., Campbell P., Bisson M. Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Analytical Chemistry. 51(7):1979;844-850.
36. Tipping E., Hetherington N. B., Hilton J., Thompson D. W., Bowles E., Hamilton-Taylor J. Artifacts in the use of selective chemical extraction to determine distributions of metals between oxides of manganese and iron. Analytical Chemistry. 57:1985;1944-1946.
37. Ure A. M. Single extraction schemes for soil analysis and related applications. Science of the Total Environment. 178:1996;3-10.
38. Van der Sloot H. A., Comans R. N. J., Hjelmar O. Similarities in the leaching behavior of trace contaminants from waste, stabilized waste, construction materials and soils. Science of the Total Environment. 178:1996;111-126.