Abstract
Direct determination of the chemical form of trace metals in soils still remains a challenge for instrumental analytical techniques. This paper examines the potential of EXAFS spectroscopy to speciate and quantify the form of trace metals in the solid fraction of soil materials using lead as a case study. Three soils contaminated by different sorts of industrial activities, including the synthesis of lead organometallics for gasoline antiknocks, Pb−Zn smelting, and recycling of lead acid battery, were investigated. In soil contaminated by alkyl-tetravalent lead compounds, lead was found to be divalent and complexed to salicylate and catechol-type functional groups of humic substances. Lead sulfate and silica-bound lead are the predominant forms in the vicinity of the battery reclamation area. Near the smelter, lead was found to be divalent and coordinated to O,OH ligands. It is present in several chemical forms, which prevented them from being identified individually. The multiplicity of lead species in s...
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