Interlaboratory comparison of measurements of acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted nickel in spiked sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1306-1309

  Brumbaugh, William G ^a   Hammerschmidt, Chad R ^b   Zanella, Luciana ^c   Rogevich, Emily ^d   Salata, Gregory ^e   Bolek, Radoslaw ^f  

^a Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association   (United States)

^e Columbia Analytical Services ^*  (United States)

^f Alloway Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Nickel; Sediment chemistry; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACID-VOLATILE SULFIDE; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEM; SEM ANALYSIS; TEST SAMPLES; VARIABILITY;

NICKEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

NICKEL; SULFIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; NICKEL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; METAL EXTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LABORATORIES; NICKEL; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955738762     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.506     Document Type: Article

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