Chemical Composition Determination of Suspended Mineral Particles and Colloidal Fractions of River Samples
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 57 (2) , 125-133
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319408027418
Abstract
In this paper the technique and procedure were developed to determine the chemical compositions of suspended mineral particles in the different fractions of river samples by gravimetry, aqua rega-HF-H3BO3 digestion and ICP-AES analysis. Particulate Si, Al, Ca, Fe, Mg and Mn in the different fractions can be determined simutaneously, precisely and accurately with a simple procedure at very low concentrations. The loss of Si in the digestion was not observed. The presence of boric acid did not cause any interference in the analysis. The comparisons between digested and non-digested particles in the fractions of diameters < 3μm, 0.8 μm were made. A negative error occurred in non digested particles.Keywords
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