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TECHNICAL REPORT
Heavy Metals in the Environment

A Novel Continuous-Flow Sequential Extraction Procedure for Metal Speciation in Solids

^a Trace Element Lab., Institute of Science and Technology Research and Development, Mahidol Univ., Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
^b Dep. of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol Univ., Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

* Corresponding author (scysw{at}mahidol.ac.th)

Received for publication February 28, 2000. A continuous-flow extraction system was developed to speed up, facilitate, and improve the accuracy of the chemical fractionation of metals in solid materials. A three-step sequential extraction scheme was used to evaluate the novel system by analyzing calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) in a soil certified reference material (National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] SRM 2710). In the proposed system, extraction occurred in a closed chamber through which extractants were passed sequentially. The extracts were collected in a number of subfractions for subsequent flame atomic absorption analysis. Apart from the advantages of simplicity, speed, and less risk of the contamination that flow analysis systems usually possess, the continuous-flow system can improve the accuracy of chemical fractionation of metals by sequential extraction. The system ensures that extraction is performed at designated pH values without any need of adjustment. Variation of sample weight to chamber volume ratios from 1:12 to 1:40 had no effect on the extractability of the metals studied. In the extraction of the acid soluble fraction, concentrations of acetic acid in the range 0.11 to 0.5 mol L^-1 had no significant effect on the amounts of metals extracted, except Fe. Increasing the concentration of hydroxylamine in the reducible fraction step from 0.04 to 0.5 mol L^-1 affected the extraction efficiency for Fe, Mn, and Zn. The extraction profile, rather than a single value of extracted concentration, of each element offers additional information about the kinetics of leaching processes and chemical associations between elements in the solid materials.

Abbreviations: BCR, Community Bureau of Reference (European Community) • FAAS, flame atomic absorption spectrometry • S/C, sample weight to chamber volume ratio • S/E, sample weight to extractant volume ratio

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