Soil pollution by heavy metals, particularly lead, is an important environmental concern; the bioavailability of such pollutants is strongly dependent on their chemical form. Here, the speciation of Pb(II) in soil fractions as a function of time shortly after its incorporation is studied, using a selective sequential extraction method. The sample came from an Argentinean Pampas region and was extensively characterised, including Rietveld analysis of the silt+clay fraction XRD pattern to find the major mineral components. Experiments were run twice, once in the winter and once in the summer.
