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Is there a future for sequential chemical extraction

Jeffrey R. Bacon, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
- Vol. 133, Iss: 1, pp 25-46
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This review uses evidence from the literature to consider the usefulness and limitations of sequential extraction, and discusses typical applications from the recent literature for which sequential extraction can provide useful and meaningful information.
Abstract
Since their introduction in the late 1970s, sequential extraction procedures have experienced a rapid increase in use. They are now applied for a large number of potentially toxic elements in a wide range of sample types. This review uses evidence from the literature to consider the usefulness and limitations of sequential extraction and thereby to assess its future role in environmental chemical analysis. It is not the intention to provide a comprehensive survey of all applications of sequential extractions or to consider the merits and disadvantages of individual schemes. These aspects have been covered adequately in other, recent reviews. This review focuses in particular on various key issues surrounding sequential extractions such as nomenclature, methodologies, presentation of data and interpretation of data, and discusses typical applications from the recent literature for which sequential extraction can provide useful and meaningful information. Also covered are emerging developments such as accelerated procedures using ultrasound- or microwave energy-assisted extractions, dynamic extractions, the use of chemometrics, the combination of sequential extraction with isotope analysis, and the extension of the approach to non-traditional analytes such as arsenic, mercury, selenium and radionuclides.

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Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals

TL;DR: In this paper, an analytical procedure involving sequential chemicai extractions was developed for the partitioning of particulate trace metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Fe, and Mn) into five fractions: exchangeable, bound to carbonates, binding to Fe-Mn oxides and bound to organic matter.
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Improvement of the BCR three step sequential extraction procedure prior to the certification of new sediment and soil reference materials

TL;DR: An improvement to the BCR sequential extraction procedure through intercomparison exercises is offered, which will allow the obtaining of CRMs to validate analytical data in the analysis of soils and sediments, and it will also facilitate comparability ofData in the European Union.
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Speciation of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments. An Account of the Improvement and Harmonization of Extraction Techniques Undertaken Under the Auspices of the BCR of the Commission of the European Communities

TL;DR: In this article, a series of investigations and collaborative studies, initiated by BCR, on current methods of metal speciation by extraction of soils and sediments with chemical reagents are presented.
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Development of a sequential extraction procedure for iron: implications for iron partitioning in continentally derived particulates

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