Research Article

Effects of Iron Concentration Level in Extracting Solutions from Contaminated Soils on the Determination of Zinc by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with Two Background Correctors

Table 1

Sequential extraction procedure (from Rauret et al. [33]).

StepsExtracting solutionsNominal target phases

1Acetic acid 0.11 MFraction F1: exchangeable, water- and acid-soluble
2Hydroxylamine + hydrochloric acid 0.50 M at pH 2Fraction F2: reducible
3Hydrogen peroxide 8.8 M, + ammonium acetate 1.0 M at pH 2Fraction F3: oxidizable