Arsenic speciation in Rybnik Reservoir

• Autorzy: Loska K. , Korus I. , Wiechuła D.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study was aimed at determining the speciation of arsenic in water, bottom sediments, and interstitial water of Rybnik Reservoir. The speciation analysis of inorganic forms of arsenic in the water and interstitial water samples was conducted by means of column technique using Dowex 1X8 anion exchanger. Arsenic speciation in the bottom sediment was carried out by means of the procedure suggested by Tessier. The concentration of arsenic was determined by HG-AAS using a Varian SpectrAA 880 spectrophotometer coupled with a VGA-77 system for hydride generation and an ETC-60 electrothermal furnace that enabled accurate temperature settings. In the surface and bottom waters of the reservoir, arsenic occurred primarily as As(V). Arsenic(V) concentration in water ranged from 0.49 μg/dm3 to 2.42 μg/dm3, and As(III) – from 0.19 μg/dm3 to 0.93 μg/dm3. Arsenic was strongly bound to the bottom sediment, predominant arsenic forms in the reservoir were sulfides and organically bound fraction. Arsenic concentration in the interstitial water was almost twice as high as that in the water of Rybnik Reservoir. The average As(III) concentration in the interstitial water was 0.52 μg/dm3, As(V) – 3.00 μg/dm3.

PL

Celem pracy było określenie specjacji arsenu w wodzie, osadach dennych i wodzie interstycjalnej Zbiornika Rybnickiego. Analizę specjacyjną nieorganicznych form arsenu w próbkach wody przeprowadzono metodą kolumnową z zastosowaniem anionitu Dowex 1X8. Specjację arsenu w osadzie dennym przeprowadzono metodą Tessiera. Zawartość arsenu oznaczano metodą HG-AAS wykorzystując spektrofotometr SpectrAA 880 firmy Varian, rozbudowany o układ do generacji wodorków VGA-77 oraz elektrotermiczny piec ETC-60 z możliwością precyzyjnego ustawienie temperatury. Zawartość As(V) stanowiła dominującą formę występowania arsenu w wodzie na obszarze całego zbiornika. Zawartość arsenu(V) w wodzie wahała się od 0.49 μg/dm3 do 2.42 μg/dm3, podczas gdy As(III) od 0.19 μg/dm3 do 0.93 μg/dm3. Arsen należał do pierwiastków silnie związanych z osadem dennym, dominującymi formami występowania arsenu w osadzie dennym Zbiornika Rybnickiego były połączenia organiczne i siarczki. Zawartość arsenu w wodzie interstycjalnej była prawie dwukrotnie większa od zawartości arsenu w wodzie Zbiornika Rybnickiego. Średnia zawartość As(III) w wodzie interstycjalnej wynosiła 0.52 μg/dm3, średnia zawartość As(V) – 3.00 μg/dm3.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

arsenic; speciation; Rybnik Reservoir; water; bottom sediment; interstitial water

PL

arsen; specjacja; Zbiornik Rybnicki; woda; osady denne; woda interstycjalna

• Wydawca: Silesian University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Architecture Civil Engineering Environment
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 2, no. 3
• Strony: 109--116
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 30 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Loska K.

autor

Korus I.

autor

Wiechuła D.

• Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, The Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland,

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