AN INVESTIGATION OF COPPER COMPLEXATION IN THE SEVERN ESTUARY USING DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CATHODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY

被引:60
作者
APTE, SC
GARDNER, MJ
RAVENSCROFT, JE
机构
[1] Water Research Centre, Medmenham, Marlow, SL7 2HD
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0304-4203(90)90006-X
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Copper complexation in water samples from the Severn Estuary has been characterized by metal titrations using differential pulse cathodic stripping voltammetry. The titration results were interpreted using a single ligand model of complexation. In all samples, measured ligand concentrations were in excess of dissolved copper and ranged between 13.3 and 196 nM. The range of log conditional stability constants determined was 11.4-12.8. Both ligand concentration and dissolved copper appeared to behave conservatively in the estuary, with the river being the dominant source of both constituents. In all of the samples analysed, greater than 99% of dissolved copper was organically complexed, with calculated pCu2+ values ranging from 11.12 to 12.84. The results of this study strongly suggest that copper is transported to the oceans in the form of river-borne organic complexes. © 1990.
引用
收藏
页码:63 / 75
页数:13
相关论文
共 23 条
[1]   DISTRIBUTIONS AND BEHAVIOR OF DISSOLVED CU, ZN AND MN IN THE TAMAR ESTUARY [J].
ACKROYD, DR ;
BALE, AJ ;
HOWLAND, RJM ;
KNOX, S ;
MILLWARD, GE ;
MORRIS, AW .
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 1986, 23 (05) :621-640
[2]   RAPID-DETERMINATION OF COPPER, NICKEL, LEAD AND CADMIUM IN SMALL SAMPLES OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL WATERS BY LIQUID-LIQUID-EXTRACTION AND ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC-ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY [J].
APTE, SC ;
GUNN, AM .
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA, 1987, 193 :147-156
[3]   AN EVALUATION OF VOLTAMMETRIC TITRATION PROCEDURES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TRACE-METAL COMPLEXATION IN NATURAL-WATERS BY USE OF COMPUTER-SIMULATION [J].
APTE, SC ;
GARDNER, MJ ;
RAVENSCROFT, JE .
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA, 1988, 212 (1-2) :1-21
[4]   COPPER COMPLEXATION PROFILES IN THE ATLANTIC-OCEAN - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY USING ELECTROCHEMICAL AND ION-EXCHANGE TECHNIQUES [J].
BUCKLEY, PJM ;
VAN DEN BERG, CMG .
MARINE CHEMISTRY, 1986, 19 (03) :281-296
[5]   COPPER COMPLEXATION IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC [J].
COALE, KH ;
BRULAND, KW .
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 1988, 33 (05) :1084-1101
[6]   TRACE-METALS IN THE GOTA RIVER ESTUARY [J].
DANIELSSON, LG ;
MAGNUSSON, B ;
WESTERLUND, S ;
ZHANG, K .
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 1983, 17 (01) :73-85
[7]   AN EVALUATION OF A C-18 SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE FOR ISOLATING METAL ORGANIC-COMPLEXES FROM CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC-OCEAN WATERS [J].
DONAT, JR ;
STATHAM, PJ ;
BRULAND, KW .
MARINE CHEMISTRY, 1986, 18 (01) :85-99
[8]   MIXING, REMOVAL AND MOBILIZATION OF TRACE-METALS IN THE RHINE ESTUARY [J].
DUINKER, JC ;
NOLTING, RF .
NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH, 1978, 12 (02) :205-223
[9]  
DUINKER JC, 1977, MAR CHEM, V5, P107
[10]   A FIELD COMPARISON OF 2 METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF COPPER COMPLEXATION - BACTERIAL BIOASSAY AND FIXED-POTENTIAL AMPEROMETRY [J].
HERING, JG ;
SUNDA, WG ;
FERGUSON, RL ;
MOREL, FMM .
MARINE CHEMISTRY, 1987, 20 (04) :299-312