a comprehensive study on the chemical composition of rainwater was carried out in obuasi, a gold mining town in ghana. rainwater samples were analyzed for major ions (ca2+,mg2+, k+, na+, nh4+, cl-, no3- and so4 2-) and trace metals (fe, al, zn, pb, cr, and cd). the rainwater was typically acidic with a mean ph of 4.76±0.47, which ranged from 4.0 to 5.6. the low ph found in the water suggests t...

in this work, reactive absorption of gases in aqueous electrolyte solutions has been investigated resulting in the development of a procedure in order to calculate the concentrations of ionic and molecular species in the liquid phase. two duplicate experiments were conducted to investigate simultaneous reactive absorption of ammonia and carbon dioxide in partially carbonated ammonia solutions. ...

the hydrolysis of cadmium nitrate was studied spectrophotometrically at different ionic strengthsof sodium perchlorate in a wide ph range, 1-12, and at 25 c. least squares calculations areconsistent with the formation of m(oh)+, m(oh)2, m(oh)3- and m(oh)42- species, which m iscd2+. the dependency on ionic strength in the background electrolyte solutions was taken intoaccount by using a debye-hu...

the protonation constant values of salicylic and 5-nitrosalicylic acid werestudied by a combinationof spectrophotometric and potentiometric methods at 25 °c in wide range of ionic strength. the ionicstrength of solutions was kept constant by sodium perchlorate as background electrolyte at 0.10 to 3.0 moldm-3. potentiometer was calibrated according to gran method at each of ionic strength. the p...

In this work, reactive absorption of gases in aqueous electrolyte solutions has been investigated resulting in the development of a procedure in order to calculate the concentrations of ionic and molecular species in the liquid phase. Two duplicate experiments were conducted to investigate simultaneous reactive absorption of ammonia and carbon dioxide in partially carbonated ammonia solutio...

The protonation constant values of salicylic and 5-nitrosalicylic acid werestudied by a combinationof spectrophotometric and potentiometric methods at 25 °C in wide range of ionic strength. The ionicstrength of solutions was kept constant by sodium perchlorate as background electrolyte at 0.10 to 3.0 moldm-3. Potentiometer was calibrated according to Gran method at each of ionic strength. The p...

thin film phthalocyanines(pc), incloding zinc, iron, and magnesium phthalocyani-nes, were prepared by vacuum deposition method. chronocoulometry was used to study the charge transfer reaction mechanism of ionic species through the thin films. the results obtained in chronocoulometric studies shows that the thin film phthalocyanines could operate via two mechanisms.the first mechanism metal pc t...

The hydrolysis of cadmium nitrate was studied spectrophotometrically at different ionic strengthsof sodium perchlorate in a wide pH range, 1-12, and at 25 C. Least squares calculations areconsistent with the formation of M(OH)+, M(OH)2, M(OH)3- and M(OH)42- species, which M isCd2+. The dependency on ionic strength in the background electrolyte solutions was taken intoaccount by using a Debye-Hu...

To better understand the potential toxicity of Se, it is necessary to know the concentration of different Se ionic species (e.g., Se032-and Se042-). The hydride generation atomic absorption spectrophotometry (HGAAS) method of Se analysis cannot separate Se into individual ionic species. Ion chromatography (IC) can determine Se032-and Se042-concentrations simultaneously; however, common anions, ...