Study of the antimony species distribution in industrially contaminated soils

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-303

  Serafimovska, Jozica Majda ^a   Arpadjan, Sonja ^b   Stafilov, Trajce ^a   Tsekova, Kolishka ^c  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antimony; Contaminated soils; Fractionation; Humic substances; Redox speciation

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EDTA; FRACTIONATION; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; REDOX CONDITIONS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84872864890     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0623-9     Document Type: Article

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