Copper complexation in marine and terrestrial rain water

Melanie Witt; Tim Jickells

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.01.035

Copper complexation in marine and terrestrial rain water

Melanie Witt, Tim Jickells

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Abstract

The complexation of copper was studied in rainwater collected in Norwich, UK, and during Atlantic and Indian Ocean cruises. The complexation was measured with Chelex resin, Sep-Pak columns and adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry with tropolone as a competing ligand. Strong organic complexation was observed in semi-urban and marine rain samples with conditional stability constants between 1011 and 1014. Model solutions of copper and humic matter found organic complexes of a similar strength to those observed in the rain samples suggesting humic material as a potential ligand. A large proportion of the copper in the rains was associated with strong organic complexes over the pH range 4-8 in both filtered and unfiltered rain samples suggesting organic complexation is an important process both in the atmosphere and on arrival to oceans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7657-7666
Number of pages	10
Journal	Atmospheric Environment
Volume	39
Issue number	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.01.035
Publication status	Published - 2005

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