Chemical Speciation in the Environment (eBook)

Dr. A. M. Ure was until recently Head of the Department of Spectochemistry in the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research in Aberdeen, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry in the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and Consultant to the Bureau Communautaire de Référence (now Standard Measurements and Testing Programme) of the European Community, in the development of methods for the preparation of soil and sediment Reference Materials. Since his retirement he is a Visiting Researcher at Strathclyde Univesity. He holds the degrees of BSc (Hons) Chemistry, PhD and DSc from the universities, respectively, of St. Andrews, Aberdeen and Strathclyde. Dr C. M. Davidson is a Senior Lecturer in analytical chemistry at the University of Strathclyde and leads a research group focussing particularly on the determination of heavy metals and natural radionuclides. She obtained her BSc (Hons) and PhD from the University of Glasgow, and undertook postdoctoral work at the State University of Utrecht, Netherlands, and the Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre.

List of Contributors.

Preface.

1. Introduction (A.M. Ure and C.M. Davidson).

PART I: TECHNIQUES FOR SPECIATION.

2. General Strategies for Speciation (Late W.F. Pickering).

3. Direct Methods of Metal Speciation (B.A. Goodman and S.M.
Glidewell).

4. Hybrid Methods of Speciation (G.M. Greenway).

5. Predicting Chemical Speciation and Computer Simulation (D.G.
Lumsdon and L.J. Evans).

6. Quality Control in Speciation Studies for Environmental
Monitoring (ph. Quevauviller).

PART II: Speciation in Compartments of the Environment.

7. Speciation of Metals in the Atmosphere (L.J. Spokes and T.D.
Jickells).

8. Speciation in Freshwaters (M. Filella, R.M. Town and J.
Buffle).

9. Speciation in Soils (G.S.P. Ritchie and G. Sposito).

10. Chemical Speciation in Soils and Related Materials by
Selective Chemical Extraction (A.M. Ure and C.M. Davidson).

11. Speciation of Trace Metals in Sediments (M. Kersten).

12. Speciation in Seawater (R.H. Byrne).

13. Speciation of Radionuclides (B.R. Harvey and K.S.
Leonard).

14. Speciation of Metals and Metalloids in Biological Systems
(P.H.E. Gardiner).

15. Trends and Developments (R.R. Barefoot).

Index.

"...this book is highly recommended for a broader scientific readership. It should not only find its place on the bookshelf of analytical chemists and 'speciation researchers' but can also serve as an excellent source of information for environmental scientists outside the specialised community." - Journal of Environmental Monitoring