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Distribution and accumulation of heavy metals in the water and sediments of the River Sava

Author(s) -

Ẑivorad Vuković,

Mirjana Radenković,

Srboljub Stanković,

Dubravka Vuković

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of the serbian chemical society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1820-7421

pISSN - 0352-5139

DOI - 10.2298/jsc100420067v

Subject(s) - sediment , heavy metals , environmental chemistry , environmental science , tracer , radionuclide , copper , chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics

The distribution and accumulation of assorted heavy metals and a long-lived radionuclide (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, U, Th and 137 Cs) in the water and sediment of the River Sava (in Serbia) were investigated at three locations in the vicinity of industrial and urban settlements (Sabac, Obrenovac, Belgrade). The concentrations of heavy metals in the sediment were found to be in the ranges (mg kg -1 ): 29.6-145.1 for Cu, 53.2-253.6 for Zn, 14.2-78.6 for Pb, 0.3- -24.6 for Cd, and 4.0-12.5 Bq l -1 for 137 Cs. These values correlate to the con- centrations in the river water if expressed by equilibrium distribution coeffi- cients Kd (dm 3 g -1 ) between the solid and liquid phases. The degrees of accu-

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