Suitability of using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) to study metal bioavailability in mine tailings: possibilities and constraints |
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Authors: | Héctor Miguel Conesa Rainer Schulin Bernd Nowack |
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Affiliation: | 1.Soil Protection Group, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems,ETH Zürich,Zürich,Switzerland;2.Empa—Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research,St. Gallen,Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Background, aim, and scope Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) have been recognized as a suitable tool to assess in situ metal bioavailability in soils. Mine tailings have some singular characteristics such as high heavy-metal concentrations, low pH, or absence of water retention capacity that may compromise the correct application of this technique whose applicability is known to be pH dependent. The goal of this study was to determine the response of DGT devices in heavy-metal-polluted mine tailings with different pH. In addition some experiments were performed in order to determine the effect of acidic pH and dissolved ions on the binding properties of the chelating resin. |
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