Metal Speciation in the Environment

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Assessment of Metal Mobility in Sludges and Solid Wastes....Pages 1-41
The Complexation of Metal Ions by Humic Substances in Natural Waters....Pages 43-56
Complexation of Paramagnetic Metal Ions by Aquatic Fulvic Acids....Pages 57-69
Study of Lead Fulvic Acid Interactions by Voltammetric Methods....Pages 71-77
Isotachophoretic Investigations into the Speciation of Niobium(V) and Plutonium(IV) in the Presence of Citrate....Pages 79-90
The Effect of Caffeic Acid on the Speciation of Metal Ions in Plant Nutrient Solutions....Pages 91-104
Complexes of Monosaccharides with Metal Ions: Some Bioinorganic and Environmental Inorganic Chemistry Aspects....Pages 105-119
Kinetic Studies on the Interaction of Metals between Water and Clay Mineral....Pages 121-136
The occurrence of heavy metals in Antarctic and Greenland ancient ice and recent snow....Pages 137-151
Elemental Species Analyses with Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry....Pages 153-168
Speciation of Trace Elements in Serum or Plasma....Pages 169-194
Chemical Sensors in Environmental Analysis: Ammonium and Cadmium Sensors....Pages 195-211
Use of ICP-Spectrometry for Environmental Analysis....Pages 213-239
Preconcentration of Refractory Elements for Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry....Pages 241-252
HPLC-AAS Interfaces for the Determination of Ionic Alkyllead, Alkyltin, Arsonium and Selenonium Compounds....Pages 253-273
Coupling of HPLC and Chemical Reaction Detectors for Trace Analysis of Alkyllead Species....Pages 275-306
Speciation of Organolead Compounds by GC-AAS....Pages 307-337
Analysis of Mercury – Species in Sediments....Pages 339-359
Stability Study of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in Water for Production of an Aqueous Chromium Reference Material....Pages 361-376
Organic Arsenic Compounds in Petroleum and Natural Gas....Pages 377-389
Application of Polarographic and Voltammetric Techniques in Environmental Analysis....Pages 391-408
Metal Speciation in Flue Gases, Work Place Atmospheres and Precipitation....Pages 409-433
Evaluation of New Organic Phase Extraction Procedures for Studying the Role of Terrestrial Humic Substances in the Speciation of Iron and Plutonium....Pages 435-446
Development and Improvement of Analytical Methods for Specification Scheme of Al in the Mobile Soil Phase....Pages 447-460
The Analysis of Arsenic in Turkish Coals and Ashes by Photometric Methods and MECA....Pages 461-467
The Ecological Role of Aquatic Organic and Inorganic Components, Deduced from their Nature, Circulation and Interactions....Pages 469-501
Exchange of Heavy Metals Between Sediment Components and Water....Pages 503-522
Biogeochemical Cycling of Atmospheric Selenium....Pages 523-543
Partitioning of Trace Metals in Sediments and its Relationship to their Accumulation in Benthic Organisms....Pages 545-569
Environmental Chemistry of the Actinide Elements....Pages 571-591
Accumulation and Distribution of 99 Tc in three Bean Plant Varieties....Pages 593-600
Heavy metals in sediments of Turkish river systems – Natural background and anthropogenic effects....Pages 601-611
Chromium Treatment of Wastewaters by Chemical Methods....Pages 613-624
Bacterial Response to Copper in the Environment: Copper Resistance in Escherichia coli as a Model System....Pages 625-632
Back Matter....Pages 633-648