Characterization of colloidal arsenic at two abandoned gold mine sites in Nova Scotia, Canada, using asymmetric flow-field flow fractionation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Kathryn J Tindale Pritesh J Patel Dirk Wallschläger |
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Institution: | 1 Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program???;2 School of the Environment, Department of Chemistry and Water Quality Centre, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2, Canada |
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Abstract: | Asymmetric flow-field flow fractionation-inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry was used to determine whether colloidal arsenic (As) exists in soil pore water and soil extract samples at two arsenic-contaminated abandoned gold mines (Montague and Goldenville, Nova Scotia). Colloidal arsenic was found in 12 out of the 80 collected samples (= 15%), and was primarily associated with iron (Fe) in the encountered colloids. The molar Fe/As ratios indicate that the colloids in some samples appeared to be discrete iron–arsenic minerals, whereas in other samples, they were more consistent with As-rich iron (oxy)hydroxides. Up to three discrete size fractions of colloidal As were encountered in the samples, with mean colloid diameters between 6 and 14 nm. The pore water samples only contained one size fraction of As-bearing colloids (around 6 nm diameter), while larger As-bearing colloids were only encountered in soil extracts. |
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Keywords: | Arsenic Colloids Gold mine tailings ICP-MS Nova Scotia Nanoparticles |
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