The use of acidimetric titration as a novel approach to study particulate trace metal speciation and mobility: Application to sediments of the Scheldt estuary

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1875-1888

  Petit, J C J ^a   Bouezmarni, M ^a   Roevros, N ^a   Chou, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CO-PRECIPITATED; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GIBBSITES; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MINERAL COMPONENT; OXYHYDROXIDES; PARTICULATE TRACE METALS; PH CHANGE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SCHELDT ESTUARY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION SCHEME; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL SPECIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES;

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHROMIUM; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; METAL TESTING; METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

TITRATION;

ELEMENT MOBILITY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXTRACTION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACE METAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 70349184801     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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