Abstract
The environmental impact of large spills on water is assessed by determining if the porphyrins keep the trace metals from partitioning, if not, the trace metals are detected at low concentrations and in a speciated form. Ion chromatography with non-metallic pumps and plumbing proves to be a cost-effective trace water analysis in water partitioned from crude-oil spills. Utilization of concentration techniques and the injection of 4-ml samples allow consistent and reproducible detection of most metals at 0.05 ppb or lower. The lower limit is mainly a function of trace metals found naturally in deionized waters, contaminants in chemicals used, or from complication of having several oxidation states in metals such as vanadium.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conference on Oil and Hydrocarbon Spills, Modelling, Analysis and Control, OIL SPILL |
Publisher | Computational Mechanics Publ |
Pages | 223-230 |
Number of pages | 8 |
State | Published - Dec 1 1998 |
Event | Proceedings of the 1998 1st International Conference on Oil and Hydrocarbon Spills, Modelling, Analysis and Control, OIL SPILL - Southampton, UK Duration: Jul 1 1998 → Jul 1 1998 |
Other
Other | Proceedings of the 1998 1st International Conference on Oil and Hydrocarbon Spills, Modelling, Analysis and Control, OIL SPILL |
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City | Southampton, UK |
Period | 7/1/98 → 7/1/98 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Engineering