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Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES
Dissertation (MSc (Chemistry))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23720 Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES Van Staden, J.F. upetd@ais.up.ac.za Botes, Paul Johannes No key words available UCTD Dissertation (MSc (Chemistry))--University of Pretoria, 2006. This study focused on the pH dependant mobility of 15 trace elements in river sediments in South Africa. These river sediments originated from the Blesbokspruit (near Witbank in the Mpumalanga Province), the Crocodile River (near Hartebeespoort Dam in the Gauteng Province) and the Olifants River (near Ohrigstad in the Northern Province). A theoretical discussion on the properties of the measured trace elements and the ICP-OES technique were included in this study for the sake of completeness. Three different fractions of river sediment (smaller than 0.2 mm, bigger than 0.2 mm and unsieved) were investigated using two different leaching techniques and a digestion procedure to determine the total trace element content. The sediment was subjected to simulated pollution by trace element through the addition of standard solutions in know concentrations. These results it were evaluated to determine the possible behaviour of trace elements that is not presently present in the river sediment. The results obtained from this study were used to determine the impact that trace elements may have in the pollution of the underground water resources. Chemistry unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:47:33Z 2005-01-24 2013-09-06T15:47:33Z 2002-12-05 2006-01-24 2005-01-18 Dissertation Botes, P 2002, Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23720 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23720 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01182005-091457/ © 2002, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | No key words available UCTD Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES |
| title | Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES |
| title_full | Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES |
| title_short | Investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using ICP-OES |
| title_sort | investigation of mobility of trace elements in river sediments using icp oes |
| topic | No key words available UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23720 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01182005-091457/ |