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Quantifying The Interactions Of Nickel With Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Using Fluorescence, Elissa Dow
Quantifying The Interactions Of Nickel With Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Using Fluorescence, Elissa Dow
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Nickel (Ni) is a versatile metal with an abundance of applications, namely its role in stainless steel, electronics, and batteries, making it a popular choice in industry. Unfortunately, with increasing demand and production comes higher amounts of Ni pollution. Nickel enters ocean waters - either directly or indirectly - and can have profound effects on marine life. Nickel has been established as a toxicant to a variety of aquatic biota, with the divalent cation (Ni2+) thought to be the most bioavailable fraction and thus the most toxic. Having a reliable means of quantifying free Ni ion is pertinent …