Mechanisms of physico-chemical interaction of mercury with river sediments from a gold mining region in Brazil: Relative mobility of mercury species

Mercury accumulation in the food chain, as a consequence of gold recovery in Brazil, has been an issue of concern. Reactions of Hg in the environment are quite complex, and can involve various Hg chemical species. Laboratory experiments were carried out on Hg⁰ solubility, Hg complexation and sorption on river sediments from a gold mining region in Brazil. The reactivity and the mobility of Hg species were considered. Results indicate that methyl mercury is more mobile than ionic mercury, and that the presence of humic acid enhances drastically the solubility of Hg⁰. The soluble complex formed has a relatively lower interaction at the sediment/water interface and is more prone to spread through the aquatic environment.     

Mercury mobility at the Carson River Superfund Site, west-central Nevada, USA: Interpretation of mercury speciation data in mill tailings, soils, and sediments

The Carson River Superfund Site in west-central Nevada is an area of Hg-contaminated soil, sediment, water, air, and biola resulting from the amalgamation milling of Ag-Au ores of the Comstock lode worked approximately a century ago. In order to develop an understanding of the behavior, transport, and fate of Hg at this site, a technique was developed to estimate the proportions of total, elemental, exchangeable, organic, and sulfide Hg in soils, sediments, and tailings.Results of this analysis performed on active Carson River sediments indicate that Hg is selectively dissolved out of Hg-Au amalgam particles and subsequently adsorbed to fine-grained sediments which are then deposited in downstream, low-energy reaches of the Carson River and Labontan Reservoir. In the relatively more-reducing environment of the reservoir Hg appears to be converted, in large part, to relatively-insoluble HgS.The original elemental form of Hg released to the environment is the chemical form which is still dominant in most highly-contaminated soils, sediments, and tailings. Deeper, more-reducing soil horizons, however, appear to fix a significant portion of the Hg as HgS, analogous to the Lahontan Reservoir example described above. This fixation as HgS is documented to be largely limited to higher-sulfur areas where sulfide minerals from the Comstock ores increase the total sulfur concentrations of contaminated soils, sediments, and tailings.     

铜与间氯偶氮安替比林显色反应研究及铜的形态分析

在ｐＨ４８的邻苯二甲酸氢钾＿ＮａＯＨ缓冲介质中，Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）与间氯偶氮安替比林形成１∶２的蓝色配合物，其最大吸收峰位于６３０ｎｍ处，表观摩尔吸光系数为４２６×１０４Ｌ·ｍｏｌ－１·ｃｍ－１，Ｃｕ（Ⅱ）的质量浓度在０～２ｍｇ／Ｌ时符合比尔定律。应用该法测定了桃叶及牛肝标样中的铜含量，测定值与标准值一致。结合活性炭分离，建立了铜的形态分析流程，并测定了茶汤中铜的各种主要形态及其分布。     

气相色谱和薄层色谱法在形态分析中的应用

评述了气相色谱和薄层色谱法用于氯、溴、碘、硫、硒、碲、铬、氮、磷、砷、钒、碳、锡、铅、铁和汞１６种元素的不同形态分析的进展。这些形态包括不同价态、有机态、无机态、阳离子和阴离子态等。由于气相色谱和薄层色谱法都具有分离和检测两种功能结合的特点，因此它们是用于元素形态分析的有效和方便的方法。引用１９８０～１９９４年文献９２篇     

一种新的流动注射在线共沉淀技术的研究及应用

建立了应用流动注射在线共沉淀分离富集火焰原子吸收法测定天然水样中痕量铬的价态分析方法。利用铬（Ⅲ）在碱性条件下与氢氧化镧形成共沉淀而与共存离子分离并得到富集，沉淀不需过滤，直接用稀盐酸从编织反应器（ＫＲ）中溶解并洗脱下来，用原子吸收测定。本体系的浓集倍率２２，检出限（３σ）０．８μｇ／Ｌ，相对标准偏差（ｎ＝１１）２．７２％，用水标样考察，分析结果与推荐值相符。该方法成功地用于天然水中铬的快速测定。     

新矿物长城矿—铱的硫铋化物

长城矿产在铬铁矿体及临近矿体的铂砂矿中。呈块状聚集体或细脉状,分布在硫铱矿的边缘并交代它。不透明,金属光泽,钢灰色,条痕黑色。莫氏硬度H_M=3.7,显微硬度VHN_(20)=165kg/mm~2。均质性,无解理。计算密度D_(calc.)=11.96g/cm~3。7个电子探针分析的平均化学成分(％):S 7.2,Cu 0.3,Te 0.4,Ir 41.2,Pt 2.8,Bi 47.2,总量99.1。简化的化学式为IrBiS。5条最强X射线粉晶衍射线(hkl,d,I)为:210,2.75(70);211,2.51(60);311,1.860(100);440,1.090(50);600,1.027(50)。X射线粉晶衍射图谱与马营矿相似。进行对比后,长城矿可以指标化为等轴晶系、空间群P2_13。由X射线粉晶衍射线求得α=0.6164(4)nm,V=0.2342nm~3,Z=4。     

Distribution and Elimination of Lead Species in Soils Related to GAP of Chinese Medicinal Materials of Ligusticum Chuanxiong Hort

In this paper, the sequential extraction procedure was used for the selection of fractions of lead in seven stages corresponding to lead exchangeable, lead bounded to carbonates, to manganese oxides, to organic matters, to amorphous iron, and lead associated to crystallized iron, and to residuals. The vertical distributions of lead species were carried out in the soils related to good agriculture progress (GAP) of Chinese medical materials of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort in Dujiangyan city and Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province. Based on those researches, it is found that the plant of Glycine Max (L.) Merr. has the character of lead enrichment and sorption, which is not reported in the literature. Using Glycine Max (L.) Merr. alternate planting with Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort is a valuable recommended in order to produce a high quality Chinese medical materials in order to eliminate the barrier on the beyond the lead limit for the import and export of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort.     

L'archivage des activités humaines par les neiges et glaces polaires : le cas du plomb

The investigation of the occurrence of lead in dated snow and ice from Greenland and Antarctica has played a major role in our understanding of the history of the pollution of the atmosphere of our planet by this metal. Such studies have however proved to be very demanding, mainly because of the extreme purity of polar snow and ice. Reliable measurements can be obtained only if ultra-clean and highly sensitive procedures are used, as pioneered by Clair Patterson. The Greenland data show evidence of large-scale pollution of the atmosphere of the Northern Hemisphere for lead as early as two millennia ago during Greco–Roman times, especially because of mining and smelting activities in southern Spain. It peaked at the end of the 1960s, with lead concentrations in snow about 200 times higher than natural values, before declining during recent times because of the fall in the use of leaded gasoline. Lead pollution in Antarctica was already significant at the end of the 19th century as a consequence of whaling activities, the traffic of coal-powered ships crossing the Cape Horn, and mining activities in South America, South Africa and Australia. After declining because of the opening of the Panama Canal, the great economic depression and World War II, it reached a maximum during the 1980s, with lead concentrations 20 times higher than natural values. Other studies focus on past natural variations of lead in ancient ice dated from the last climatic cycles. To cite this article: C. Boutron et al., C. R. Geoscience 336 (2004).     

伊犁盆地南缘中新生代构造样式与铀成矿关系

伊犁盆地是我国最早发现砂岩型铀矿的地区,近十几年来一直保持砂岩型铀矿找矿的不断突破,盆地南缘自西向东查明了一系列砂岩型铀矿床,这些铀矿床的分布与盆地南缘构造关系密切。本文总结了伊犁盆地南缘构造样式类型,分析了不同构造样式下氧化流体补给、运移规律,并结合铀矿体的空间分布,指出构造样式差异是造成砂岩型铀矿体空间分布的关键因素;从氧化流体补给窗的开启、流体的汇聚和还原性气体聚集的控制等方面讨论了构造样式对铀矿体空间定位的机制,指出单斜稳定地层中纵弯背斜是控制铀空间分布的主要构造,要注意不同构造样式约束下成矿区域的稳定型和地下水补给的多样性,在此基础上讨论了伊犁盆地南缘铀矿的找矿方向及主要矿物类型。     

我国砂岩型铀矿成矿理论的创新和发展

简述了从国外到国内的砂岩型铀矿概况及成矿理论研究的发展,归纳出了我国砂岩型铀矿的"叠合复成因氧化-还原成矿理论",并就"预富集"、"板状矿体成因"、"深部油气作用"、"可地浸概念"、"大砂体"等问题进行了粗浅的讨论。