ULTRATRACE ANALYSIS FOR ORGANOLEAD COMPOUNDS IN GREENLAND SNOW

Authors
LOBINSKI R SZPUNARLOBINSKA J ADAMS FC
Citation
R. Lobinski et al., ULTRATRACE ANALYSIS FOR ORGANOLEAD COMPOUNDS IN GREENLAND SNOW, Analusis, 22(7), 1994, pp. 130000054-130000057
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Analusis → ACNP
ISSN journal
03654877
Volume
22
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
130000054 - 130000057
Database
ISI
SICI code
0365-4877(1994)22:7<130000054:UAFOCI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The degradation products of tetraalkyllead compounds used as antiknock additives are unique indicators of automotive environmental pollution by lead. Recent dramatic improvements in species-specific ultrasensit ive analytical procedures enabled the identification and quantificatio n of organolead compounds in ancient Greenland snow which is considere d as the archives of northern hemispheric pollution records. Organolea d species determined in fresh and ancient polar snow demonstrate unamb iguously the global range of petrol-related pollution not only with io nic Pb2+ but also with more toxic metalloorganic compounds.