Marine Science Faculty Publications
Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Metals: An IUPAC Contribution to Reliable and Rigorous Computer Modelling
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2015-0105
Abstract
The mobility and bioavailability of metal ions in natural waters depend on their chemical speciation, which involves a distribution of the metal ions between different complex (metal-ligand) species, colloid-adsorbed species and insoluble phases, each of which may be kinetically labile or inert. For example, in fresh water the metal ions are distributed among organic complexes (e.g., humates), colloids (e.g., as surface-adsorbed species on colloidal phases such as FeOOH), solid phases (e.g., hydroxide, oxide, carbonate mineral phases), and labile complexes with the simple inorganic anionic ligands commonly present in natural waters (e.g., for ZnII, the aqueous species, Zn2+, ZnOH+, Zn(OH)2(aq), Zn2OH3+, ZnSO4(aq), ZnCO3(aq)…).
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Chemistry International, v. 37, issue 1, p. 15-19
Scholar Commons Citation
Powell, Kipton J.; Brown, Paul L.; Byrne, Robert H.; Gajda, Tamas; Hefter, Glenn; Leuz, Ann-Kathrin; Sjöberg, Staffan; and Wanner, Hans, "Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Metals: An IUPAC Contribution to Reliable and Rigorous Computer Modelling" (2015). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 1653.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1653
