ISSN:
1573-5117
Keywords:
cadmium
;
cobalt
;
sediment
;
sulphide
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A sediment sample with high organic matter and trace metal content was suspended in synthetic river water for four weeks under an inert gas atmosphere. Subsequently, the anaerobic suspension was reoxidized by bubbling air through it. The concentrations of dissolved oxygen, sulfide, ferrous iron, manganese, cadmium, cobalt and the pH-value were measured at close time intervals during the anaerobic incubation. The anaerobic suspension was a post-oxic or sub-oxic environment with oxygen and total sulfide concentrations less than 1 µmole 1−1. Concentrations of dissolved ferrous iron and manganese were 50–150 µmole 1−1 and 5–30 µmole 1−1, respectively. The total sulfide concentration was measured using a sensitive voltammetric technique, with a detection limit of 1 nmole 1−1. A sequential extraction procedure was applied to two sediment samples taken at the end of the anaerobic incubation and after one week of reoxidation. The extractions indicated that cadmium was bound in sulfide minerals under post-oxic conditions. Thermodynamic equilibrium calculations revealed that the concentrations of dissolved cobalt in the post-oxic suspension were limited by the precipitation of cobalt sulfide minerals.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00026249
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