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Distribution of mercury in soil organic matter fractions obtained by dissolution/precipitation method

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Sequential multistep procedure, usually used for the fractionation and characterization of soil organic matter was tested for Hg content in the individual steps and fractions. Under general laboratory conditions serious problems have arosen during the attempt in the Hg mass balance calculation. Several sources of Hg contamination were recognized. The most serious was the background concentration of Hg even in research grade chemicals (what is in general not declared) and laboratory air. The work on operational Hg speciation as non-humic bound, humic acid, fulvic acid bound proceeds from the established status-quo on distribution of mercury of soil organic matter.

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  1. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, SK-842 15, Bratislava, Slovak Repuplic

    T. Prochácková, R. Góra, J. Kandráč & M. Hutta

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Prochácková, T., Góra, R., Kandráč, J. et al. Distribution of mercury in soil organic matter fractions obtained by dissolution/precipitation method. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 229, 61–65 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02389447

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