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Analytical quality control: Sampling procedures to detect trace metals in environmental matrices

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The problem of contamination during the collection of samples of environmental interest to detect trace metal is discussed. Attention is focused on the leaching of metals from sampling devices used to collect surface and deep seawater. A procedure to test metal release is applied to emphasize the importance of conditioning samplers before use. The procedure for checking the contamination extent and decontamination of firn and ice cores to detect ultratrace elements (particularly Cd and Pb) is presented and applied to some firn cores collected in Antarctica during the 1990–1991 Italian expedition.

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Venice, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123, Venice, Italy

    Gabriele Capodaglio, Carlo Barbante, Clara Turetta, Giuseppe Scarponi & Paolo Cescon

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Capodaglio, G., Barbante, C., Turetta, C. et al. Analytical quality control: Sampling procedures to detect trace metals in environmental matrices. Mikrochim Acta 123, 129–136 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01244386

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