Copper speciation in estuarine waters by forward and reverse titrations |
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| Authors: | Juan Santos-Echeandía Luis M Laglera Ricardo Prego Constant MG van den Berg |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK;bInstituto de Investigaciones Marinas, CSIC. 36208 Vigo, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The chemical speciation of copper in the estuarine waters of the Vigo Ria was determined by titrations with salicylaldoxime (reverse copper titrations) and with copper (forward titrations). The forward titrations quantified the concentrations of ligands present in excess whereas the reverse titrations demonstrated the presence of low concentrations of very strong binding ligands, approximately matching the copper concentration. The data obtained by the reverse titrations indicated that copper was about 10× stronger bound than data based on the usual forward titrations.The copper concentration in these ria waters was low at 5 nM with a minor mid-estuarine maximum of 8 nM. These copper levels are amongst the lowest reported for estuarine waters and therefore represent uncontaminated waters. The concentration of inorganic copper was very low across the ria at  10–100 fM, except at Bouzas harbour (salinity 35.5) where it was raised to 1 pM due to copper contamination, in waters affected by the port facilities, to total levels of 15 to 20 nM copper, exceeding the concentration of the very strong ligand detected by the reverse titrations. |
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| Keywords: | Copper complexation Cathodic stripping voltammetry Metal speciation Organic complexing ligands |
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