Characterization of zinc in contaminated soils : complementary insights from isotopic exchange, batch extractions, and XAFS spectroscopy KU Leuven
Isotopic exchange (IE) of trace metals is an established method for characterizing metal reactivity in soils, but it is still unclear which metal species are isotopically exchangeable. In this study, we used IE to quantify ‘labile' zinc (Zn) in 51 contaminated soils that were previously studied by Zn K-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy and sequential extraction (SE). All soils had been contaminated by runoff water from 17- ...