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Novel Approaches To The Determination Of Toxic Metals In Industrial Waste And Soil Extracts, Garrett Bruce Finn
Novel Approaches To The Determination Of Toxic Metals In Industrial Waste And Soil Extracts, Garrett Bruce Finn
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Abstract:Because of their environmental impact, the contamination and migration of heavy metals is an important field of study. In this thesis, two novel methods for measuring toxic metals over a broad concentration range in complex matrices were successfully developed and applied to authentic samples. This research focused on toxic metals in two disparate environments: industrial effluent and soil. The primary work reported in this research focused on developing a Sequential Injection Analysis (SIA) process monitor to measure metals in industrial process waste streams in near real-time. Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy was used to determine levels of Zn and several other metals. …