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An Isotopic Dilution Approach for Quantifying Mercury Lability in Soils

Shetaya, Waleed H. ; Osterwalder, Stefan ; Bigalke, Moritz ; Mestrot, Adrien ; Huang, Jen-How ; Alewell, Christine (2022)
An Isotopic Dilution Approach for Quantifying Mercury Lability in Soils.
In: Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2017, 4 (12)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00022854
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The accurate estimation of soil mercury lability is crucial for risk assessment. In comparison to chemical fractionation and speciation, isotopic dilution (ID) offers precise definition of labile mercury fractions while maintaining the natural equilibrium. We developed and applied an ID protocol with ¹⁹⁹Hg to estimate the soil mercury (Hg) isotopically exchangeable (labile) pool or HgE using a range of industrially contaminated soils in Switzerland. The measured HgE values were consistent for the same soil against different spike levels (50, 100, and 200% of native ¹⁹⁹Hg), indicating that the spiked and soil isotopes achieved required dynamic equilibrium at the soil–water interface. Total soil Hg (THg; mg kg⁻¹) was the best predictor of HgE (mg kg⁻¹) and %HgE and accounted for 96 and 63% of the variance, respectively. Nonetheless, despite the wide range of THg values (0.37–310 mg kg⁻¹) in the studied soils, Hg lability spanned a narrow range (∼12–25% of THg), highlighting the large capacity of soils to sequester Hg in a very stable form. The “exchangeable pool” of Hg extracted by CH₃COONH₄ and MgCl₂ (<0.25 and <0.32% of THg, respectively) largely underestimated Hg lability in comparison to ID, suggesting the potential usefulness of the ID approach.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Shetaya, Waleed H. ; Osterwalder, Stefan ; Bigalke, Moritz ; Mestrot, Adrien ; Huang, Jen-How ; Alewell, Christine
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: An Isotopic Dilution Approach for Quantifying Mercury Lability in Soils
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2022
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2017
Verlag: ACS Publications
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Environmental Science & Technology Letters
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 4
(Heft-)Nummer: 12
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00022854
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/22854
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

The accurate estimation of soil mercury lability is crucial for risk assessment. In comparison to chemical fractionation and speciation, isotopic dilution (ID) offers precise definition of labile mercury fractions while maintaining the natural equilibrium. We developed and applied an ID protocol with ¹⁹⁹Hg to estimate the soil mercury (Hg) isotopically exchangeable (labile) pool or HgE using a range of industrially contaminated soils in Switzerland. The measured HgE values were consistent for the same soil against different spike levels (50, 100, and 200% of native ¹⁹⁹Hg), indicating that the spiked and soil isotopes achieved required dynamic equilibrium at the soil–water interface. Total soil Hg (THg; mg kg⁻¹) was the best predictor of HgE (mg kg⁻¹) and %HgE and accounted for 96 and 63% of the variance, respectively. Nonetheless, despite the wide range of THg values (0.37–310 mg kg⁻¹) in the studied soils, Hg lability spanned a narrow range (∼12–25% of THg), highlighting the large capacity of soils to sequester Hg in a very stable form. The “exchangeable pool” of Hg extracted by CH₃COONH₄ and MgCl₂ (<0.25 and <0.32% of THg, respectively) largely underestimated Hg lability in comparison to ID, suggesting the potential usefulness of the ID approach.

Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-228546
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften > Fachgebiet Bodenmineralogie und Bodenchemie
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