The goal of this study was to design, characterize and test a flow-through extraction cell for rapid determination of toxic metals present in soil and sediment samples. / Based on a design elaborated by Jean Bouffard, a Teflon cell was first machined, but it appeared to be leaky and hard to disassemble without breaking the fritted glass discs. To overcome these difficulties, a poly ether ether ketone (PEEK) cell was machined and several parts were modified. Even though the shape and seal of the components seemed to be affected when heated, the cell was working at room temperature and proved promising for future work. / Finally, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) method 1311 was applied on some real samples, and the extracts were analyzed in order to get reference results that could eventually be compared to results given by extracts obtained with the flow-through cell.* / *This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a CD as part of the dissertation). The CD requires the following system requirements: Microsoft Office.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115838 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Asselin, Julie. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Chemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002333900, proquestno: AAIMR24605, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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