http://eprints.utas.edu.au/6549/ Trace metal characterisation of marine sediment reference materials MESS-3 and PACS-2 in dilute HCl extracts Townsend, AT Palmer, AS Stark, S Samson, C Scouller, R Snape, I 250409 Quality Assurance, Traceability and Metrological Chemistry A number of extraction methods are currently used to characterise metals in marine sediments. These include total digestion involving HF, extraction with concentrated acid, partial extraction with weak acid, or a more complicated multiple stage sequential extraction scheme (e.g. BCR) (Mudroch et al., 1999). Partial extraction methods are attractive because they are simple, fast, relatively safe, and they target labile phases and reservoirs containing metals 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utas.edu.au/6549/1/07_Mess_Pacs_MPB.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.11.002 Townsend, AT and Palmer, AS and Stark, S and Samson, C and Scouller, R and Snape, I (2007) Trace metal characterisation of marine sediment reference materials MESS-3 and PACS-2 in dilute HCl extracts. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54 (2). pp. 226-246. ISSN 0025-326X http://eprints.utas.edu.au/6549/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/6549/1/