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To avoid changes in the original As species distribution in natural water after sampling, a method of immediate separation of As(V) by anion exchange at the sampling site was developed. The procedure consists of two steps. The total concentration of arsenic is determined in one part of the water sample acidified on site. Another part of the water samples is pressed through a column filled with an anion exchanger. The As(III) species that is not redox-stable remains in the effluent of the sorbents column and can be analyzed with conventional methods after stabilization by addition of conc. HNO3. As(V) is sorbed by the exchanger material. The As(V) concentration can be calculated as the difference between Assol and As(III), neglecting very low contents of methylated species.
Oxidation of Fe(II) by air followed by co-precipitation of arsenic with iron hydroxide was applied in field experiments to minimize the As concentration in seepage and mining water.
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Bombach, G., Klemm, W. & Greif, A. An Analytical Method for the Separation and Determination of As(III) and As(V) in Seepage and Acid Mine Drainage Water. Microchim Acta 151, 203–208 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-005-0400-1
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