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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/9160| Title: | Elution of ions from melting snow : chromatographic versus metamorphic mechanisms |
| Authors: | Cragin, James H. Hewitt, Alan D. (Alan Dole) Colbeck, Samuel C. |
| Keywords: | Acidification Fractionation Preferential elution Chemical analysis Ion exclusion Snowmelt Crystal growth Meltwater Snow Snow metamorphosis Ions Acid pollution |
| Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | CRREL report ; 93-8. |
| Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: Columns of natural and laboratory-aged snow grains and frozen water droplets were washed with deionized distilled water and with synthetic precipitation solutions to investigate both snowpack chemical fractionation and preferential ion elution. Concentrations of Cl-, NO3- and SO4-2 in sequential fractions of the column's eluate showed no chromatographic effects, indicating that ice crystals do not possess selective affinity for inorganic anions. Consequently, preferential chemical elution previously observed in melting snow is not caused by snow acting as a chromatographic column. Additional column experiments involving elution from frozen solution drops and from aged snow showed that both fractionation and preferential elution were strongly influenced by ion exclusion during the snow crystal growth. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9160 |
| Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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