Aluminium speciation in natural waters

Abstract

The presence of aluminium in the form of different species in natural waters receives an increasing attention due to better understanding of its bioavailability, toxicity and transport mechanism. Recently a number of methods for fractionating of aluminium have been developed. Most of them are operationally defined, since the validation of what is really measured in real samples is very difficult. This review concerns the specific problems of aluminium speciation analysis and highlights some important methods used for this purpose.