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Lead and zinc in the structure of organic and mineral soil components

Larissa Kummer, Vander de Freitas Melo, Yara Jurema Barros

01/Apr/2013

In addition to the more reactive forms, metals can occur in the structure of minerals, and the sum of all these forms defines their total contents in different soil fractions. The isomorphic substitution of heavy metals for example alters the dimensions of the unit cell and mineral size. This study proposed a method of chemical fractionation of heavy metals, using more powerful extraction methods, to remove the organic and different mineral phases completely. Soil samples were taken from eight soil […]