A cathodic stripping voltammetric method for nanomolar concentrations of labile and total iron and zinc in soil solutions

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Abstract
Linear sweep cathodic stripping voltammetric methods were modified to measure labile and total concentrations of Fe3+ and Zn2+ in the nanomolar range in soil solutions. Labile concentrations of Fe (25–220 nmol/L) and Zn (37–208 nmol/L) were measured in 0.5 mL aliquots of filtered (0.4 μm) distilled water extracts (solution:soil ratio= 1) of four agricultural soils. After decomposition of complexed forms of the metals by evaporation of the solutions in HNO3, total soluble Fe and Zn were measured. Labile Fe comprised approximately 1% of total soluble Fe, while labile Zn comprised 13–43% of total Zn in the four soil solutions. The methods provide a linear range of 5 ‐100 nmol/L and sufficient precision to detect concentrations of labile and total Fe and Zn likely to occur in soil solutions.
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