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Liu H, Chi L, Shen J, Arandiyan H, Wang Y, Wang X. Principles, applications, and limitations of diffusive gradients in thin films induced fluxed in soils and sediments. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 350:141061. [PMID: 38159729 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.141061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique serves as a passive sampling method, inducing analyte transport and concentration. Its application is widespread in assessing labile components of metals, organic matter, and nutrients across various environmental media such as water, sediments, and saturated soils. The DGT devices effectively reduce the porewater concentration through irreversible binding of solutes, consequently promoting the release of labile species from the soil/sediment solid phase. However, the precise quantification of simultaneous adsorption and desorption of labile species using DGT devices alone remains a challenge. To address this challenge, the DGT-Induced Fluxes in Soils and Sediments (DIFS) model was developed. This model simulates analyte kinetics in solid phases, solutions, and binding resins by incorporating factors such as soil properties, resupply parameters, and kinetic principles. While the DIFS model has been iteratively improved to increase its accuracy in portraying kinetic behavior in soil/sediment, researchers' incomplete comprehension of it still results in unrealistic fitting outcomes and an oversight of the profound implications posed by kinetic parameters during implementation. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the optimization and utilization of DIFS models, encompassing fundamental concepts behind DGT devices and DIFS models, the kinetic interpretation of DIFS parameters, and instances where the model has been applied to study soils and sediments. It also highlights preexisting limitations of the DIFS model and offers suggestions for more precise modeling in real-world environments.
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- Huaji Liu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; National Observation and Research Station of Erhai Lake Ecosystem in Yunnan, Dali, 671000, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; National Observation and Research Station of Erhai Lake Ecosystem in Yunnan, Dali, 671000, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; National Observation and Research Station of Erhai Lake Ecosystem in Yunnan, Dali, 671000, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; National Observation and Research Station of Erhai Lake Ecosystem in Yunnan, Dali, 671000, China; Yunnan Dali Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dali, 67100, China.
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Corbett T, Hartland A, Henderson W, Rys G, Schipper LA. The temperature and flow dependence of nitrate concentration and load estimates based on diffusive gradients in thin films. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2022; 51:250-259. [PMID: 34993967 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Concentrations determined using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) have been used to derive time-averaged loads in streams and rivers. However, DGT provide time-weighted average concentrations that assume the independence of concentration and flow. Additionally, dynamic and coordinated changes in temperature, flow, and concentration are potential sources of bias in concentration and load calculations. We modeled scenarios in which temperature and flow were correlated to varying degrees with concentration and evaluated the consequences for DGT concentration and load calculations. As the correlation between solution flow and concentration moved toward 1 and -1, the load determined by DGT either overestimated or underestimated the actual load by as much as 30%. In DGT-based load estimates, the degree of potential bias should be assessed, and the concentration-flow relation should be characterized. As the correlation of analyte concentration and temperature approached 1 and -1, the deviation of the concentration determined by DGT from the actual concentration increased. In most cases, this bias was < 2%; however, if the changes in concentration and temperature were large (∼10 mg L-1 and ∼10 °C), the bias exceeded 5%. Concentration and temperature are unlikely to be perfectly or strongly correlated or anti-correlated in natural systems and thus should not affect the accuracy of DGT concentration calculations in most circumstances. The more solution temperature, flow, and concentration were uncorrelated, the closer DGT-derived concentration and load were to the actual solution concentration and load.
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- Thomas Corbett
- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
- Environmental Research Institute, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
- Environmental Research Institute, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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- Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
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- School of Science, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
- Environmental Research Institute, The Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, 3216, New Zealand
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Sun R, Yang J, Xia P, Wu S, Lin T, Yi Y. Contamination features and ecological risks of heavy metals in the farmland along shoreline of Caohai plateau wetland, China. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 254:126828. [PMID: 32334265 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Spatial distribution characteristics of heavy metal (Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu, Zn, and Hg) contents and their ecological risks in the farmland along the shoreline of the Caohai wetland were investigated. Incubation experiments were also conducted to characterize the emission of heavy metals across soil-water interface if the farmland was reclaimed to wetland. The results showed that spatial distribution characteristics of these heavy metal contents were significantly different. Concentrations of Cd, Zn, and Hg were higher than the corresponding geochemical background levels. Ecological risk assessment suggested that the farmland along the shoreline of Caohai wetland were characterized by non-pollution or slight pollution of Pb, Cr, and Cu, moderate pollution of Cd, slight to moderate pollution of Hg, and slight pollution of Zn. Emission rates of Cd, Zn, and Hg across soil/sediment-water interface first increased, then decreased and finally reached equilibrium after the farmland soil was submersed. The contribution-rates of Cd, Zn, and Hg transferring from sediment to overlying water were calculated to be 12.7%, 14.8%, and 10.4%, respectively. We conclude that environmental issues caused by heavy metals, especially by Cd, Zn, and Hg, in the farmland along the shoreline of the Caohai wetland should be paid great attention.
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- Rongguo Sun
- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Mountainous Environmental Information and Ecological Protection, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China; College of Chemistry and Material, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Mountainous Environmental Information and Ecological Protection, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Mountainous Environmental Information and Ecological Protection, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China.
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Mountainous Environmental Information and Ecological Protection, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Mountainous Environmental Information and Ecological Protection, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China
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- Guizhou Key Laboratory for Mountainous Environmental Information and Ecological Protection, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China; The State Key Laboratory of Southwest Karst Mountain Biodiversity Conservation of Forestry and Grassland Administration, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, 550001, PR China.
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Wang W, Wang S, Chen J, Jiang X, Zheng B. Combined use of diffusive gradients in thin film, high-resolution dialysis technique and traditional methods to assess pollution and bioavailability of sediment metals of lake wetlands in Taihu Lake Basin. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 671:28-40. [PMID: 30927725 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The geochemical behavior of trace metals at the sediment/water interface in Taihu Lake, the third-largest fresh water lake in China, has been widely explored. However, information on metals in lake wetlands of the basin is lacking. Here, diffusive gradients in thin film (DGT), high-resolution dialysis technique (HR-Peeper) and traditional methods were jointly used to study the occurrence characteristics, pollution degree, bioavailability, and mobility of sediment metals in the northern lake wetlands of Jiaxing City in Taihu Lake Basin. The contents of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb were 101, 52.8, 62.3, 184, 10.3, 0.4, and 39.8 mg/kg, respectively. The metals in the sediments were in an overall low enrichment level. The main form of Cd was acid-soluble (F1), and the other metals mainly existed in residual (F4) or oxidable (F3) forms. The mean DGT-labile contents (CDGT) of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd and Pb were 1.3, 1.2, 9.3, 6.7, 13.4, 0.7, and 0.8 μg/L, respectively. CDGT-Cu and CDGT-As were significantly and positively related to the Cu and As contents in pore water (Csol). CDGT-Cr, CDGT-Cd, CDGT-Pb, and CDGT-Cu were significantly and positively related to CF1-Cr, CF1-Cd, CF1-Pb, and CF3-Cu, respectively. The stability of Cd was the worst with a mean risk assessment code of 40%, indicating a high risk of remobilization in the sediment. The remobilization risks of other metals were low or moderate. The CDGT/Csol ratio of Cd was also the largest, with a mean of 0.99, suggesting that the Cd resupplying ability from sediment solid to pore water was strong.
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- Wenwen Wang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Lake Pollution Control and Ecological Restoration, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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Endo S, Matsuura Y, Vermeirssen ELM. Mechanistic Model Describing the Uptake of Chemicals by Aquatic Integrative Samplers: Comparison to Data and Implications for Improved Sampler Configurations. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:1482-1489. [PMID: 30608657 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Aquatic integrative passive samplers are used to determine aqueous concentrations of polar organic pollutants, yet their uptake mechanisms are poorly understood. We introduce a one-dimensional model to simulate uptake by a passive sampler, Chemcatcher. The model considers the uptake as molecular diffusion through a series consisting of the aqueous boundary layer (ABL), the membrane filter (MF), and the sorbent disk with concurrent sorption by matrix of the MF and the disk. Uptake profiles of ∼20 polar chemicals measured over a week and a month were accurately modeled. Characteristic behaviors such as lag phases, linear and curved uptake, and equilibrating behavior were explained well by the model. As the model is mechanistically based, it was able to show the combined influences of the MF/water ( KMF/w) and disk/water ( Kdisk/w) partition coefficients, diffusion coefficients, and the ABL thickness on the sampling rates. On the basis of the model results, we offer three concrete recommendations for achieving the linear uptake needed for measuring time-weighted average concentrations: (i) use a MF that does not significantly sorb chemicals (e.g., log KMF/w < 3) to avoid lag phases, (ii) use a sorbent with strong sorption properties (e.g., log Kdisk/w > 6) for effective trapping of chemicals on the disk top layer, and (iii) make the ABL and/or the MF thicker so that the diffusion toward the disk slows.
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- Satoshi Endo
- Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka City University , Sugimoto 3-3-138 , Sumiyoshi 558-8585 , Osaka , Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering , Osaka City University , Sugimoto 3-3-138 , Sumiyoshi 558-8585 , Osaka , Japan
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- Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology Eawag-EPFL , Überlandstrasse 133 , CH-8600 Dübendorf , Switzerland
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Welikala D, Hucker C, Hartland A, Robinson BH, Lehto NJ. Trace metal mobilization by organic soil amendments: insights gained from analyses of solid and solution phase complexation of cadmium, nickel and zinc. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 199:684-693. [PMID: 29475159 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The accumulation of Cd in soils worldwide has increased the demand for methods to reduce the metal's plant bioavailability. Organic matter rich soil amendments have been shown to be effective in achieving this. However, it is not known how long these amendments can retain the Cd, and whether dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from them can enhance the metal's mobility in the environment. In this study we sought to test the Cd binding capacity of various organic soil amendments, and evaluate differences in characteristics of the DOM released to see if they can explain the lability of the Cd-DOM complexes. We collected ten organic soil amendments from around New Zealand: five different composts, biosolids from two sources, two types of peat and spent coffee grounds. We characterised the amendments' elemental composition and their ability to bind the Cd. We then selected two composts and two peats for further tests, where we measured the sorption of Ni or Zn by the amendments. We analysed the quality of the extracted DOM from the four amendments using 3D Excitation Emission Matrix analysis, and tested the lability of the metal-DOM complexes using an adapted diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) method. We found that composts bound the most Cd and that the emergent Cd-DOM complexes were less labile than those from the peats. Ni-DOM complexes were the least labile. The aromaticity of the extracted DOM appears to be an important factor in determining the lability of Ni complexes, but less so for Zn and Cd.
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- Dharshika Welikala
- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Environmental Research Institute, School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Luo J, Yin D, Cheng H, Davison W, Zhang H. Plant Induced Changes to Rhizosphere Characteristics Affecting Supply of Cd to Noccaea caerulescens and Ni to Thlaspi goesingense. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:5085-5093. [PMID: 29617561 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Changes in soil rhizosphere properties after growing the Cd hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens and the Ni hyperaccumulator Thlaspi goesingense were investigated. Dissolved organic carbon content increased in the rhizosphere, but there were no significant changes in the solution concentrations of Cd and Ni. Concentrations of these metals extracted by NH4Cl and EDTA decreased in the rhizosphere, as did DGT-measured concentrations, indicating a depletion of labile metal in the solid phase. The results could be explained by the increased DOC in the rhizosphere maintaining a higher proportion of the labile metal in solution through complexation, with the overall depletion of metals only manifest in the solid phase. The DGT induced fluxes in soils and sediments (DIFS) model was used to provide key kinetic information on soil processes and labile pool size. These data showed that the more limited metal supply in the rhizosphere after the growth of hyperaccumulators was due to both depletion of the solid phase pool and a lower rate constant of supply from solid phase to solution. The effect on the rate constant, which could be rationalized by the plant sequentially accessing and consuming the more labile pools of metal, was most marked for Cd, which had the highest accumulation factors.
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- Jun Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu 210023 , China
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- Lancaster Environment Centre , Lancaster University , Lancaster LA1 4YQ , United Kingdom
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- Lancaster Environment Centre , Lancaster University , Lancaster LA1 4YQ , United Kingdom
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- Lancaster Environment Centre , Lancaster University , Lancaster LA1 4YQ , United Kingdom
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Jiménez-Piedrahita M, Altier A, Cecilia J, Puy J, Galceran J, Rey-Castro C, Zhang H, Davison W. Extending the Use of Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) to Solutions Where Competition, Saturation, and Kinetic Effects Are Not Negligible. Anal Chem 2017; 89:6567-6574. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lancaster
Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Lancaster
Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Shiva AH, Teasdale PR, Welsh DT, Bennett WW. Evaluation of the DGT technique for selective measurement of aluminium and trace metal concentrations in an acid drainage-impacted coastal waterway. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2017; 19:742-751. [PMID: 28426038 DOI: 10.1039/c6em00276e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The performance of DGT-Chelex, DGT-Metsorb and DGT-MBL (Chelex-Metsorb mixed binding layer) with open and restricted diffusive layers for trace metal (Al, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) and oxyanion (As, Mo, Sb, V) measurements, was evaluated in four natural waters with different pH (range 3.29-7.81). In moderately acidic (pH ≈ 5) and circumneutral (pH ≈ 6.3) waters, all three binding layers measured relatively similar concentrations of Al, while in more alkaline waters (pH ≈ 8) DGT-MBL measured higher concentrations than the other two binding layers. The measurements of DGT-Chelex and DGT-MBL for Co, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, and DGT-Metsorb and DGT-MBL for As, Sb and V were within 82-119% and not statistically different (p > 0.05) over the pH range 5-8. Mn measurements by DGT-Chelex and DGT-MBL were quite similar (95%) at pH 6.3, while DGT-MBL measured higher concentrations than DGT-Chelex at other pHs. The ratios of measured concentrations with different diffusive layers (Crestricted/Copen) were between 0.78 and 1.12 for all binding layers and no statistical differences (p > 0.05) were observed, except for Al at pH 7.81 and Cu at pH 6.28. DGT-MBL was comparable to DGT-Chelex for the measurement of most trace metals, and to DGT-Metsorb for the measurement of most oxyanions, over the pH range 5.05-7.81. Overall, DGT-MBL is superior to the other tested binding layers because it can simultaneously measure cations and anions, and accurately measure dissolved Al, across the greatest range of environmental conditions.
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- Amir Houshang Shiva
- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4215, Australia.
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Cusnir R, Jaccard M, Bailat C, Christl M, Steinmann P, Haldimann M, Bochud F, Froidevaux P. Probing the Kinetic Parameters of Plutonium-Naturally Occurring Organic Matter Interactions in Freshwaters Using the Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Technique. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:5103-10. [PMID: 27064997 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The interaction of trace metals with naturally occurring organic matter (NOM) is a key process of the speciation of trace elements in aquatic environments. The rate of dissociation of metal-NOM complexes will impact the amount of free metal available for biouptake. Assessing the bioavailability of plutonium (Pu) helps to predict its toxic effects on aquatic biota. However, the rate of dissociation of Pu-NOM complexes in natural freshwaters is currently unknown. Here, we used the technique of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) with several diffusive layer thicknesses to provide new insights into the dissociation kinetics of Pu-NOM complexes. Results show that Pu complexes with NOM (mainly fulvic acid) are somewhat labile (0.2 ≤ ξ ≤ 0.4), with kd = 7.5 × 10(-3) s(-1). DGT measurements of environmental Pu in organic-rich natural water confirm these findings. In addition, we determined the effective diffusion coefficients of Pu(V) in polyacrylamide (PAM) gel in the presence of humic acid using a diffusion cell (D = 1.70 ± 0.25 × 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1)). These results show that Pu(V) is a more mobile species than Pu(IV).
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- Ruslan Cusnir
- Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital , 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital , 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital , 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETH Zurich , 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Radiation Protection, Federal Office of Public Health , 3003 Berne, Switzerland
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- Division of Radiation Protection, Federal Office of Public Health , 3003 Berne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital , 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital , 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Shiva AH, Bennett WW, Welsh DT, Teasdale PR. In situ evaluation of DGT techniques for measurement of trace metals in estuarine waters: a comparison of four binding layers with open and restricted diffusive layers. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2016; 18:51-63. [PMID: 26678534 DOI: 10.1039/c5em00550g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Four different DGT binding layers were used to make selective measurements of trace metals in coastal waters within The Broadwater (Gold Coast, Queensland). Chelex and PAMPAA (polyacrylamide-polyacrylic acid) binding layers were used to measure cations (Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn), and Metsorb was used to measure anions (Al, As, Mo, Sb, V, W). A mixed binding layer (MBL) containing both Chelex and Metsorb was used to measure each of the trace metals and determine diffusive boundary layer (DBL) thicknesses. DGT measurements that were not corrected for the DBL thickness (0.049-0.087) were underestimated by 70% on average. Good agreement was observed between DGT-MBL and DGT-Chelex for measurement of Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn, and between DGT-MBL and DGT-Metsorb for As, Sb and V. DGT-MBL measured significantly higher concentrations for Mn (compared with DGT-Chelex) and Al (compared with DGT-Metsorb). DGT-Chelex measured only 6-8% of Al species measured by either DGT-MBL or DGT-Metsorb. DGT-PAMPAA measurements of Cu, Pb and Al were lower than those of either DGT-MBL or DGT-Chelex varying from 74-81% for Cu to 54-70% for Pb and 51-55% for anionic Al(OH)4(-), suggesting that this binding layer may make more selective measurements. All measured trace metal concentrations were well below ANZECC water quality guidelines, except for Cu which was 2 to 10 times higher than trigger values. Each of the DGT techniques was deployed using both open and restricted diffusive layers (ODL and RDL). Most trace metal measurements were not significantly different with ODL and RDL for all binding layers. However, concentrations of Cu (CRDL/CODL = 0.68-0.75) and Al (CRDL/CODL = 0.73-0.79) were significantly different with DGT-MBL, DGT-Chelex and DGT-Metsorb.
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- Amir Houshang Shiva
- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4215, Australia.
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- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4215, Australia.
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- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4215, Australia.
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- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, QLD 4215, Australia.
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Ren J, Williams PN, Luo J, Ma H, Wang X. Sediment metal bioavailability in Lake Taihu, China: evaluation of sequential extraction, DGT, and PBET techniques. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:12919-12928. [PMID: 25913317 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4565-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The European "Community Bureau of Reference" (BCR) sequential extraction procedure, diffusive gradient in thin-films technique (DGT), and physiologically based extraction test were applied to assess metal bioavailability in sediments of Lake Taihu (n = 13). Findings from the three methods showed that Cd was a significant problem in the western lake whereas Cu, Zn, and Ni pollution was most severe in the northern lake. Results from the sequential extraction revealed that more than 50 % of the Cu and Zn were highly mobile and defined within the extractable fraction (AS1 + FM2 + OS3) in the majority of the sediments, in contrast extractable fractions of Ni and Cd were lower than 50 % in most of the sampling sites. Average Cu, Zn, Ni, and Cd bioaccessibilities were <50 % in the gastric phase. Zn and Cd bioaccessibility in the intestinal phase was ∼50 % lower than the gastric phase while bioaccessibilities of Cu and Ni were 47-57 % greater than the gastric phase. Linear regression analysis between DGT and BCR measurements indicated that the extractable fractions (AS1 + FM2 + OS3) in the reducing environment were the main source of DGT uptake, suggesting that DGT is a good in situ evaluation tool for metal bioavailability in sediments.
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- Jinghua Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210023, People's Republic of China
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Jiménez-Piedrahita M, Altier A, Cecilia J, Rey-Castro C, Galceran J, Puy J. Influence of the settling of the resin beads on diffusion gradients in thin films measurements. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 885:148-55. [PMID: 26231900 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.04.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Revised: 04/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Binding resin beads used in DGT (diffusion gradients in thin films) tend to settle to one side of the resin during casting. This phenomenon might be relevant for metal accumulation when partially labile complexes dominate the metal speciation, especially after recognizing the important role played by complex dissociation in the resin domain. The influence of the inhomogeneity of the binding agent distribution on metal accumulation is here assessed by numerical simulation of DGT devices with binding beads in only one half of the resin disc, as a reasonable model of the standard resin discs. Results indicate that a decrease in mass accumulation of less than 13% can arise in these inhomogeneous devices (as compared with an ideal disc with homogeneous dispersion of the resin beads) when complexes with stability constant K<10(2)m(3)mol(-1) (K<10(5)Lmol(-1)) dominate the metal speciation. The loss increases as K increases, but the percentage of mass loss always remains lower than the volume fraction of resin disc without beads. For very labile or inert complexes, the impact of the inhomogeneous distribution of binding resin beads is negligible. As kinetic dissociation constants of complexes can be estimated from the distribution of the metal accumulation in a DGT device with a stack of two resin discs, the influence of the inhomogeneity on the recovered kinetic constant is also assessed. For the cases studied, the recovered kinetic dissociation constant, kd,recovered, retains the correct order of magnitude, being related to the true kd by kd≈f(-1)kd,recovered, quite independently of K and kd values, being f the fraction of volume of the resin disc where resin beads are dispersed.
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- Departament de Química,Universitat de Lleida and Agrotecnio, Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, 25198, Spain
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- Departament de Matemàtica, Universitat de Lleida and Agrotecnio, Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Departament de Química,Universitat de Lleida and Agrotecnio, Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, 25198, Spain
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- Departament de Química,Universitat de Lleida and Agrotecnio, Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, 25198, Spain
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- Departament de Química,Universitat de Lleida and Agrotecnio, Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
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Huo S, Zhang J, Yeager KM, Xi B, Qin Y, He Z, Wu F. Mobility and sulfidization of heavy metals in sediments of a shallow eutrophic lake, Lake Taihu, China. J Environ Sci (China) 2015; 31:1-11. [PMID: 25968252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The technique of DGT (diffusive gradients in thin films) using three diffusive gel thicknesses was applied to estimate the mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals in sediments and porewater of Lake Taihu, China. The DGT results showed significantly positive correlations between Co, Pb, Cd and Mn, and Ni and Fe concentrations in porewater. Cu and Zn showed a significantly negative correlation with Mn, due to Cu combination with carbonates and Zn derived from agricultural pollution, respectively. The rank order of average concentrations of Co, Ni and Cd at each station was DGT1.92>DGT0.78>DGT0.39, suggesting stronger resupply from sediments to porewater when using thicker diffusive gels. Comparing centrifugation and DGT measurements, Co, Ni and Cd are highly labile; Mn and Fe are moderately labile; and Cu, Zn and Pb are slightly labile. The variations of AVS concentrations in sediment cores indicate that metal sulfides in deeper layers are easily diffused into surface sediments.
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- Shouliang Huo
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China
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- Department Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, Beijing 100012, China
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Puy J, Galceran J, Cruz-González S, David CA, Uribe R, Lin C, Zhang H, Davison W. Measurement of Metals Using DGT: Impact of Ionic Strength and Kinetics of Dissociation of Complexes in the Resin Domain. Anal Chem 2014; 86:7740-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac501679m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jaume Puy
- Departament
de Química, Universitat de Lleida and AGROTECNIO, Rovira
Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Departament
de Química, Universitat de Lleida and AGROTECNIO, Rovira
Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Departament
de Química, Universitat de Lleida and AGROTECNIO, Rovira
Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Departament
de Química, Universitat de Lleida and AGROTECNIO, Rovira
Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Departament
de Química, Universitat de Lleida and AGROTECNIO, Rovira
Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
- Departamento
de Física, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué 730001, Colombia
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- Lancaster
Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
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- Lancaster
Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
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- Lancaster
Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, United Kingdom
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Dong J, Fan H, Sui D, Li L, Sun T. Sampling 4-chlorophenol in water by DGT technique with molecularly imprinted polymer as binding agent and nylon membrane as diffusive layer. Anal Chim Acta 2014; 822:69-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mongin S, Uribe R, Rey-Castro C, Cecília J, Galceran J, Puy J. Limits of the linear accumulation regime of DGT sensors. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:10438-10445. [PMID: 23944965 DOI: 10.1021/es400609y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A key question for the practical application of DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin films) as dynamic sensors in the environmental monitoring of trace metals is the influence of pH and dissolved ligands over the linear accumulation regime. Protons compete with metal ions for the binding to the DGT resin sites at relatively low pH, whereas high affinity dissolved ligands compete with resin sites for the binding of metals. Any of the two phenomena can lead to a departure from the linear accumulation regime and an underestimation of the actual species concentration in solution. These effects are studied here through numerical simulation of the diffusion-reaction processes in both gel and resin domains using a detailed chemical model of metal ions and protons interacting with resin sites. Results were tested successfully against experimental data of the Cd-NTA representative system. Charts to delimitate the range of experimental conditions (pH, ligand concentration and strength) where the linear accumulation regime prevails, can be helpful for designing sampling strategies in field conditions. For example, it is foreseen that perturbations of linear regime within 10 h of deployment are negligible above pH 5 and weak complexation (log K' < 0) or above pH 7 and strong complexation (log K' < 3), where K' is the effective stability constant. These plots can also be approximately used for partially labile systems whenever the time is replaced with the product lability degree times t.
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- Sandrine Mongin
- Departament de Química and AGROTECNIO, ‡Departament de Matemàtica, ETSEA, Universitat de Lleida , Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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Shafaei Arvajeh MR, Lehto N, Garmo ØA, Zhang H. Kinetic studies of Ni organic complexes using diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) with double binding layers and a dynamic numerical model. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:463-470. [PMID: 23153338 DOI: 10.1021/es301371b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In situ deployments of diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) can provide direct information on complex dissociation rates in natural waters. Recent advances in understanding the dynamics of the interactions of metal complexes within DGT devices have highlighted the characteristics of the binding layer, but there are few data to complement these theoretical developments. In this work the penetration into the Chelex binding layer of complexes of Ni with nitrilotriacetic (NTA) and Suwannee River fulvic and humic acids (FA and HA) in solution at pH 7 was investigated by deployment of DGT devices with two sequential binding layers, a "front" and a "back" layer. In Ni-NTA experiments, the masses of Ni bound by the front and back binding layers were similar, as predicted for slowly dissociating complexes. For Ni-FA/HA solutions, a higher mass of Ni was taken up by the front binding layer, consistent with fast dissociation from a high proportion of the binding sites. The ratio of Ni in the front to back binding layers was significantly lower (p < 0.05) for solutions of Ni-HA compared to those of Ni-FA, indicating that Ni-HA complexes are less labile than Ni-FA complexes in similar solutions (FA = 10 mg L(-1) and HA = 8 mg L(-1)). A dynamic numerical model of the complexes in a DGT system was used to estimate the dissociation rate constants that provided the best agreement with the experimental data. Values obtained of 2 ± 0.5 × 10(-4) s(-1) for Ni-NTA and 2.5 × 10(-3) s(-1) for Ni-FA when FA = 20 mg L(-1) and 3.42 × 10(-4) s(-1) for Ni-HA when HA = 8 mg L(-1), could be rationalized with current knowledge of the dynamics of these systems. This approach can improve kinetic information obtainable using DGT and widen the range of considered complex labilities.
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- M R Shafaei Arvajeh
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Puy J, Uribe R, Mongin S, Galceran J, Cecília J, Levy J, Zhang H, Davison W. Lability Criteria in Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:6564-73. [DOI: 10.1021/jp212629z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Departamento
de Física, Universidad del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia
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- Lancaster Environment
Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster,
United Kingdom
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- Lancaster Environment
Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster,
United Kingdom
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- Lancaster Environment
Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster,
United Kingdom
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Levy JL, Zhang H, Davison W, Galceran J, Puy J. Kinetic signatures of metals in the presence of Suwannee River fulvic acid. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:3335-3342. [PMID: 22352943 DOI: 10.1021/es2043068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This work provides new information on the dissociation kinetics of metal-fulvic acid (FA) complexes. Diffusive gradients in thin-film (DGT) devices deployed in solutions containing metals and 30 mg L(-1) Suwannee River FA at pH 5 and 7, at two different metal-to-ligand ratios, were used to estimate an apparent diffusive boundary layer (ADBL) thickness at the gel-solution interface. The discrepancy between the ADBL thickness measured for metals that are known to dissociate from complexes quickly (e.g., Cd) and that of other trace metals was exploited to calculate the rate of complex dissociation. When the ADBL thickness is plotted for a suite of metals, a "kinetic signature" is created. There was a clear kinetic signature at pH 7, with substantial kinetic limitation for Cu, Pb, and Ni and none for Cd, Co, and Mn (i.e., Cu-, Pb-, and Ni-FA complexes dissociated more slowly). At pH 5, the kinetic signature was less distinct, due in part to slow association kinetics of Mn, and possibly Cd and Co, with the resin. The good sensitivity of the method to small changes in dissociation kinetics was able to show that the dissociation of most metal-FA complexes is sufficiently fast to not limit the DGT measurement.
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- Jacqueline L Levy
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg LA1 4YW, United Kingdom.
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Levy JL, Zhang H, Davison W, Puy J, Galceran J. Assessment of trace metal binding kinetics in the resin phase of diffusive gradients in thin films. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 717:143-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Effect of competitive cation binding on the measurement of Mn in marine waters and sediments by diffusive gradients in thin films. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 716:138-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Revised: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mongin S, Uribe R, Puy J, Cecília J, Galceran J, Zhang H, Davison W. Key role of the resin layer thickness in the lability of complexes measured by DGT. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2011; 45:4869-4875. [PMID: 21561131 DOI: 10.1021/es200609v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Analysis of the dynamic features of diffusion gradients in thin film devices (DGT) indicates that the penetration of complexes into the resin layer dramatically increases their lability. This should be taken into account when interpreting DGT measurements in terms of the dynamics of solution speciation. The experimental accumulation of Cd by DGT sensors in Cd-NTA systems confirmed these theoretical analyses. A computational code, which allows a rigorous digital simulation of the diffusion-reaction processes in the gel and resin layers, was used to model the results and to demonstrate the effect of the complex penetration into the resin layer on the lability degree. These findings suggest that DGT renders all complexes much more labile than if the resin-diffusive gel interface was considered as a perfect planar sink, explaining why DGT often measures a high proportion of the metal in a natural water. This information is relevant since some studies have stressed the importance of labile complexes as a source of bioaccumulated metal.
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- Sandrine Mongin
- Departament de Química, Universitat de Lleida, Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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Black A, McLaren RG, Reichman SM, Speir TW, Condron LM. Evaluation of soil metal bioavailability estimates using two plant species (L. perenne and T. aestivum) grown in a range of agricultural soils treated with biosolids and metal salts. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2011; 159:1523-1535. [PMID: 21444134 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/06/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Few studies have quantified the accuracy of soil metal bioavailability assays using large datasets. A meta-analysis from experiments spanning 6 months to 13 years on 12 soil types, compared bioavailability estimate efficiencies for wheat and ryegrass. Treatments included biosolids ± metals, comparing total metal, Ca(NO₃)₂, EDTA, soil solution, DGT and free ion activity. The best correlations between soil metal bioavailability and shoot concentrations were for Ni using Ca(NO₃)₂ (r² = 0.72) which also provided the best estimate of Zn bioavailability (r² = 0.64). DGT provided the best estimate of Cd bioavailability, accounting for 49% of shoot Cd concentrations. There was no reliable descriptor of Cu bioavailability, with less than 35% of shoot Cu concentrations defined. Thus interpretation of data obtained from many soil metal bioavailability assays is unreliable and probably flawed, and there is little justification to look beyond Ca(NO₃)₂ for Ni and Zn, and DGT for Cd.
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- Amanda Black
- Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Luo J, Zhang H, Santner J, Davison W. Performance Characteristics of Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Equipped with a Binding Gel Layer Containing Precipitated Ferrihydrite for Measuring Arsenic(V), Selenium(VI), Vanadium(V), and Antimony(V). Anal Chem 2010; 82:8903-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac101676w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jun Luo
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom, and Rhizosphere Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom, and Rhizosphere Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom, and Rhizosphere Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom, and Rhizosphere Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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Cattani I, Zhang H, Beone GM, Del Re AAM, Boccelli R, Trevisan M. The role of natural purified humic acids in modifying mercury accessibility in water and soil. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2009; 38:493-501. [PMID: 19202019 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Contamination of soils with mercury can be a serious problem. It can be mobilized or stabilized by humic substances (HS) containing binding sites with reduced sulfur that can have different binding capacities for CH(3)Hg(+) and for Hg(2+). In this work we investigated the influence of different humic acids (HAs, extracted from lignite, compost, and forest soil) on mercury mobility and availability, both in a model solution and in soil samples from a mercury-polluted region. The technique of diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT), which is capable of measuring: (i) free metal in solution; (ii) dissociated metal complexes previously mobilized by HA; (iii) mobilized metal-HA complexes that liberate metals by dissociation or by exchange reaction between the metal-HA complexes and the chelating groups on the resin-gel, was used in solutions and soils. The DGT measurements in solution, together with ultrafiltration, allowed estimation of the lability of Hg-HA complexes. Ultrafiltration results were also compared with predictions made by the windermere humic-aqueous model (WHAM). According to both these different approaches, Hg(2+) resulted nearly 100% complexed by HAs, whereas results from ultrafiltration showed that 32 to 72% of the CH(3)Hg(+) was bound to the HAs, with higher values for compost and lower values for forest and Aldrich HA. The DGT-measured mercury in soils was below 0.20 microg L(-1), irrespective of the extent of the contamination. Addition of HA increased the concentration of DGT-measured mercury in soil solution up to 100-fold in the contaminated soil and up to 30-fold in the control soil. The level of the increase also depended on the HA. The smallest increase (about 10 times) was found for lignite HA in both control and contaminated soils. The addition of forest HA gave the largest increases in DGT-measured mercury, in particular for the contaminated soil. Overall, the results demonstrated that DGT can be used for estimating the lability of mercury complexes in solution and for verifying enhanced mercury mobility when HA is added to contaminated soils.
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- I Cattani
- Inst. of Agricultural and Enviromental Chemistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 29100, Piacenza- Italy.
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Garmo ØA, Davison W, Zhang H. Effects of Binding of Metals to the Hydrogel and Filter Membrane on the Accuracy of the Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Technique. Anal Chem 2008; 80:9220-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ac801437j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Øyvind A. Garmo
- Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1-4YQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1-4YQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1-4YQ, United Kingdom
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Warnken KW, Davison W, Zhang H. Interpretation of in situ speciation measurements of inorganic and organically complexed trace metals in freshwater by DGT. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2008; 42:6903-6909. [PMID: 18853807 DOI: 10.1021/es800359n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The dynamic speciation technique, diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT), has been used in freshwater to determine simultaneously, from a single set of in situ measurements, (1) the equilibrium distribution of metal ions between simple inorganic complexes and larger organic complexes and (2) information on the rates of dissociation of these complexes. DGT devices with different diffusion layer thicknesses (0.3, 0.54, 1.34, and 2.14 mm) were used to estimate the in situ dissociation kinetics. Information on the species distribution was obtained by using two types of gel, which allow relatively free (polyacrylamide, APA) and more retarded (restricted, RES) diffusion of the metal complexes. The full theoretical basis of the technique is developed and applied to in situ measurements of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd, and Pb in a pristine river (Wyre, U.K.), with high DOC(15mg L(-1)), assuming that organic complexes are dominated by fulvic acid. These first DGT measurements that do not rely on assumptions about complex lability or the distribution of species, are compared to total dissolved measurements, previously reported speciation calculations and measurements using alternative speciation techniques. Examination of calculation consistency suggests that the effective mean diffusion coefficients of metal complexes with organic matter under in situ conditions may be larger than those measured in the laboratory using extracted fulvic acid.
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- Kent W Warnken
- Department of Environmental Science, Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Lehto NJ, Sochaczewski L, Davison W, Tych W, Zhang H. Quantitative assessment of soil parameter (KD and TC) estimation using DGT measurements and the 2D DIFS model. CHEMOSPHERE 2008; 71:795-801. [PMID: 18035392 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2007] [Revised: 09/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) is a dynamic, in situ measuring technique that can be used to supply diverse information on concentrations and behaviour of solutes. When deployed in soils and sediments, quantitative interpretation of DGT measurements requires the use of a numerical model. An improved version of the DGT induced fluxes in soils and sediments model (DIFS), working in two dimensions (2D DIFS), was used to investigate the accuracy with which DGT measurements can be used to estimate the distribution coefficient for labile metal (KD) and the response time of the soil to depletion (TC). The 2D DIFS model was used to obtain values of KD and TC for Cd, Zn and Ni in three different soils, which were compared to values determined previously using 1D DIFS for these cases. While the 1D model was shown to provide reasonable estimates of KD, the 2D model refined the estimates of the kinetic parameters. Desorption rate constants were shown to be similar for all three metals and lower than previously thought. Calculation of an error function as KD and TC are systematically varied showed the spread of KD and TC values that fit the experimental data equally well. These automatically generated error maps reflected the quality of the data and provided an appraisal of the accuracy of parameter estimation. They showed that in some cases parameter accuracy could be improved by fitting the model to a sub-set of data.
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- N J Lehto
- Environmental Science Department, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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Warnken KW, Zhang H, Davison W. Chapter 11 In situ monitoring and dynamic speciation measurements in solution using DGT. PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0166-526x(06)48011-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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