The monitoring of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in natural water and synthetic solutions: An assessment of the performance of the DGT and DPC methods

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 313-334

  Giusti, Lorenzo ^a   Barakat, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cr(III); Cr(VI); DGT; Diphenyl carbohydrazide (DPC); EDTA; Humic substances; River water

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; THIN FILMS; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANACES (HS); NATURAL WATER; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; EDETIC ACID; HYDRAZIDE DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER; WATER;

CHROMATE; CHROMIUM; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; RIVER WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILM; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 18844443098     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-4719-3     Document Type: Article

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