Speciation of heavy metals in sediments from Baihua Lake and Aha Lake

Xian-fei Huang; Ji-wei HU; Jia-jun Deng; Cun-xiong Li; Fan-xin Qin

doi:10.1002/apj.307

Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution in Sediments from Aha Lake, China

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.554-556.1913 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 554-556 ◽

pp. 1913-1918

Author(s):

Feng Liu ◽

Ji Wei Hu ◽

Xian Fei Huang ◽

Jing An Chen ◽

Li Ya Fu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Industrial Effluent ◽

Principal Component ◽

Secondary Phase ◽

Primary Phase ◽

Point Source Pollution ◽

Residual Phase ◽

Heavy Metals Contamination ◽

Mining Wastewater ◽

Aha Lake

Assessment of the pollution for the selected six heavy metals (Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn and Ni) in ten surface sediments sampled from Aha Lake in a dry season was made in the present investigation. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to assess the sources of the heavy metals contamination and two components were extracted. Analysis of the lake characteristics and point source pollution revealed that the discharge of industrial effluent and coal mining wastewater were the possible sources of these heavy metals contamination. Based on the speciation characteristics of heavy metals in sediments, the method ratio of secondary phase to primary phase (RSP) was applied to evaluate the loadings and the bioavailability of these heavy metals. The RSP evaluation exhibited that Pb, Zn, Fe, Mn and Ni were mainly associated with Fe-Mn oxides besides residual phase, while Cu mainly existed in organic phase and residual phase. In summary, the potential risk posed to the lake caused by the heavy metals was high and descended in the order of Mn > Ni > Zn > Pb > Cu > Fe.

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Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Sediments from Aha Lake, China

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.356-360.896 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 356-360 ◽

pp. 896-902 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xian Fei Huang ◽

Ji Wei Hu ◽

Cun Xiong Li ◽

Jia Jun Deng ◽

Fan Xin Qin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Ecological Risk ◽

Reference Data ◽

Potential Ecological Risk ◽

Response Factors ◽

Toxic Response ◽

Pollution Levels ◽

Critical Elements ◽

Baseline Values ◽

Aha Lake

In the present work, contamination and potential ecological risk of six heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Hg, As, Cu and Zn) in sediments of Aha Lake, one of the five drinking water sources for Guiyang City, were assessed based on a method which is associated with toxic-response factors of contaminants. For comparison, the two sets of reference data representing the pre-industrial and the local baseline pollution levels were employed. When the pre-industrial levels were taken as references, the accumulating coefficients on average diminished in the order of Zn > As > Hg > Cd > Cu > Pb, and the potential ecological risk descended in the order of Hg > Cd > As > Cu > Zn > Pb. When the local baseline values worked as references, the accumulating coefficients on average diminished in the order of Cd > Zn > Hg > Cu > As > Pb, and the potential ecological risk descended in the order of Cd > Hg > As > Cu > Zn > Pb. It is evident that Cd and Hg are the critical elements in terms of potential ecological hazard in Aha Lake among these six heavy metals.

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Sampling and analysis of the air-water interface with SEM and EDS of microlayers

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100157000 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 1004-1005

Author(s):

Randall W. Smith ◽

John Dash

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Surface Microlayer ◽

Surface Films ◽

Water Interface ◽

Physical Processes ◽

Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis ◽

Eds Analysis ◽

Air Water Interface ◽

Significant Area ◽

Bulk Chemical

The structure of the air-water interface forms a boundary layer that involves biological ,chemical geological and physical processes in its formation. Freshwater and sea surface microlayers form at the air-water interface and include a diverse assemblage of organic matter, detritus, microorganisms, plankton and heavy metals. The sampling of microlayers and the examination of components is presently a significant area of study because of the input of anthropogenic materials and their accumulation at the air-water interface. The neustonic organisms present in this environment may be sensitive to the toxic components of these inputs. Hardy reports that over 20 different methods have been developed for sampling of microlayers, primarily for bulk chemical analysis. We report here the examination of microlayer films for the documentation of structure and composition.Baier and Gucinski reported the use of Langmuir-Blogett films obtained on germanium prisms for infrared spectroscopic analysis (IR-ATR) of components. The sampling of microlayers has been done by collecting fi1ms on glass plates and teflon drums, We found that microlayers could be collected on 11 mm glass cover slips by pulling a Langmuir-Blogett film from a surface microlayer. Comparative collections were made on methylcel1ulose filter pads. The films could be air-dried or preserved in Lugol's Iodine Several slicks or surface films were sampled in September, 1987 in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and in August, 1988 in Sequim Bay, Washington, For glass coverslips the films were air-dried, mounted on SEM pegs, ringed with colloidal silver, and sputter coated with Au-Pd, The Langmuir-Blogett film technique maintained the structure of the microlayer intact for examination, SEM observation and EDS analysis were then used to determine organisms and relative concentrations of heavy metals, using a Link AN 10000 EDS system with an ISI SS40 SEM unit. Typical heavy microlayer films are shown in Figure 3.

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