Measuring precisely with only 40 ml of sample

BrulandIt is now possible to measure precisely manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), and lead (Pb) concentrations in seawater using only 40 ml of sample.

All the cooking recipes and techniques are given in the recent detailed article of Dondra Biller and Kenneth Bruland in Marine Chemistry (Biller and Bruland, 2012). A work full of perspectives for trace metal measurements in the framework of GEOTRACES. Don’t miss it!

 

Reference:

Biller Dondra V., Bruland Kenneth W. (2012) Analysis of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in seawater using the Nobias-chelate PA1 resin and magnetic sector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) Marine Chemistry 130-131 (2012) 12–20 DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2011.12.001

Latest highlights

Silicon isotopes reveal significant lithogenic input to dissolved silicon on the Kerguelen Plateau

Establishing sources, transformations and sinks of dissolved silicon, a major nutrient in the Southern Ocean, is of primary importance…

Conservative behavior of radiogenic neodymium isotopes in the South Pacific interior

Zhang and co-workers present full-depth measurements of εNd and Nd concentrations along the GP21 transect across the South Pacific basin…

Neodymium isotopes trace past Antarctic Intermediate Water circulation in the Arabian Sea

Shukla and co-authors reconstruct ventilation in the Northwestern Indian Ocean…

Regional zinc cycling in the Indian Ocean

Chinni and his colleagues present dissolved zinc distributions across the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and southern tropical Indian Ocean…

Rechercher