title: Electroanalytical methods for determination of the metal content and acetic-acid-available metal fractions in soils.
abstract: The pseudo-total and available arsenic, cadmium, and lead content of soils have been determined by stripping voltammetry with a hanging-mercury-drop electrode and by atomic absorption spectrometry with electrothermal atomization. For determination of pseudo-total metals microwave digestion with a mixture of HNO3 and HClO4, with and without addition of HF, was investigated. The single-extraction procedure with 0.43 mol L-1 CH3COOH, proposed by BCR, was used to assess the availability of metals in soils. The results obtained were validated by analysis of a certified reference material.
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University, Chemistry Department, 02-093 Warsaw, Pasteura St.1, Poland. askow@chem.uw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowalska
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krasnodêbska-Ostrêga
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Golimowski
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D001151:Arsenic; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead; D001151:Arsenic; D019342:Acetic Acid