Copper(II) binding by dissolved organic matter: Importance of the copper-to-dissolved organic matter ratio and implications for the biotic ligand model

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 9948-9954

  Craven, Alison M ^a   Aiken, George R ^b   Ryan, Joseph N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING CONSTANT; BINDING STRENGTH; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CONDITIONAL STABILITY; COPPER BINDING; COPPER CONCENTRATION; DETECTION WINDOWS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; VOLTAMMETRY MEASUREMENTS; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGANDS; VOLTAMMETRY;

COPPER;

COPPER; COPPER ION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ELECTRODE; LIGAND; PH;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; COMPETITIVE LIGAND EXCHANGE SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ELECTRODE; IONIC STRENGTH; POTENTIOMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

BINDING SITES; COPPER; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; LIGANDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER;

EID: 84866361094     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301015p     Document Type: Article

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