Determination of Metals in Natural Waters Sediments and Soils

Download or read online book entitled Determination of Metals in Natural Waters Sediments and Soils written by T. R. Crompton and published by Elsevier Science Limited. This book was released on 01 June 2015 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Get best books that you want by click Get Book Button and Read as many books as you like. Book Excerpt : Determination of Metals in Natural Waters, Sediments and Soils provides analytic labs with a comprehensive overview of the various methods available for analysis of metals and serves as a manual to determine metal concentrations in different media such as natural waters, waste waters, sediments and soils. The book begins with a discussion of sampling techniques and preservation and then covers metals in rivers, surface ground and mineral waters and metals in aqueous precipitation. It concludes with detailed information on analysis of metals in sediments. Determination of Metals in Natural Waters, Sediments and Soils provides a foundation for informed action by environmental interest groups and regulators and a starting point for further study by graduate students, professionals, and researchers. Includes all of the methods currently available to assess metals in water, sediments and soils Covers metals in surface ground and mineral waters Summarizes the strengths, weakness and precautions of different methods and provides a table summarizing the methods with reference citations