Partitioning of copper to suspended particles in surface water
- Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering
The recent recommendation that Water Quality Criteria for metals be implemented based on dissolved, rather than total recoverable metal, requires significant new understanding of the role of particulate matter in surface waters. Principal factors controlling the distribution of metal between the particles and the water include suspended solids concentration, the solution pH, and the concentrations of dissolved and particulate organic carbon. The authors have investigated these variables in the laboratory to develop predictions of partitioning in natural waters. Particulate water was concentrated from the Delaware River. The binding of copper was studied as a function of solution pH. Both inorganic copper and copper contained in sewage effluent was added.
- OSTI ID:
- 201170
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9613%%147
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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