Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.69-78
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- 1998
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- 1226-6957(pISSN)
Study on the chemical forms of heavy metals in the surface sediments of Ulsan Bay
- Kim, Young-Bok (Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University) ;
- Jo, Sun-Young (Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University) ;
- Jeong, Jong-Hak (Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University) ;
- Lee, Sung-In (Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University) ;
- Jeong, Gi-Ho (Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University)
- Published : 1998.06.01
Abstract
Contents of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb) in the sediments of Ulsan Bay were investigated by the sequential extraction methods that classifies heavy metals into five types of chemical forms: exchangeable, bound to carbonates, bound to Fe-Mn oxides, bound to organic matter and residual. The analytes were determined by using an ICP-MS. Total Cr concentrations in the sediments were in the range of 41.6-96.4, Cu 60.7-680, Zn 189-1954, Cd 33.1-83.4, and Pb 138-567 mg/kg. Results of sequential fractionation indicates that relatively high proportion