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        <gco:CharacterString>Recoveries and partition coefficients of Po, Pb and Be Dataset Description: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Improved applications of 210Po, 210Pb and 7Be as geochemical proxies require more detailed understanding&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
of their interactions with particles. Here, laboratory sorption experiments were carried out to examine&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
the adsorption of 210Po, 210Pb and 7Be and their fractionation on inorganic nanoparticles, including SiO2,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
CaCO3, Al2O3, TiO2 and Fe2O3, in the presence or absence of macromolecular organic compounds (MOCs)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
that include humic acids (HA), acid polysaccharides (APS) and proteins (BSA), in natural seawater. Results&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
showed that nanoparticle sorption was not greatly enhanced over that of microparticles as would&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
be expected from their much higher specific surface areas, likely indicating their aggregation in seawater.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
It was found that synergistic interactions between inorganic nanoparticles, MOCs, and radionuclides&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
determined the sorption, although their adsorption was particle composition-dependent. MOCs enhanced&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
the sorption of selected nuclides on most nanoparticles. On average, in the presence of MOCs, partition&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
coefficients (Kc ) of 210Po, 210Pb, and 7Be on nanoparticles increased 2.9-, 5.0- and 5.9-fold, respectively.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
The effect of MOCs could be explained for 210Po and 210Pb from their different log Kc values on inorganic&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
nanoparticles. In addition, fractionation effects between 210Po and 210Pb (or between 210Pb and 7Be)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
could be quantified from their relative log Kc values on end-member sorbent components. Applications&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
of both 210Po–210Pb and 7Be–210Pb pairs as particle dynamics tracers could be more quantitative when&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
the nature of the organic coatings is taken into account.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; Methods and Sampling: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Natural seawater from the Gulf of Mexico with a salinity of 35.0 was filtered and ultrafiltered sequentially through a 0.4 µm cartridge (GE-Osmonics) and a 1 kDa ultrafiltration membrane (Millipore-Amicon), to remove suspended particles and colloidal matter. 210Po and 210Pb (in equilibrium) in 1 N HNO3-2 N HCl were purchased from Eckert &amp;amp;amp; Ziegler Isotopes Products. 7Be tracer was produced at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland and preserved in 0.5 N HCl. All experiments were conducted in a constant temperature laboratory to avoid the influence of changing temperature.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
For sorption experiments, 49 ml of the &amp;amp;lt;1 kDa ultrafiltrate of seawater in a stirred-cell unit was added with 1 ml of non-complexing Tris-HCl buffer solution to maintain a constant pH of 8.1 and to prevent formation of pseudo-colloids during the addition of spikes. For the single-sorbent experiments, 2 mg of inorganic particles was added into the solution while stirring, corresponding to a particle concentration of about 40 mg/l. Successively, a total of 0.2 ml of 210Pb, 210Pb and 7Be spikes, with the activities of 100 Bq, 100 Bq and 150 Bq respectively, were added drop by drop while stirring.&amp;amp;nbsp; The pH value was checked after adding spikes and found to be 8.1. For the single MOC experiments, procedures were the same as described above. The final concentration of HA, APS or BSA was at 1 mg/l.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
An equilibrium time of 2 h was consistently used in all experiments. After 2 h, the particulate or colloidal phases were separated through ultrafiltration using a 1 kDa membrane (Amicon YM1). The &amp;amp;gt;1 kDa retentate (final volume of ~4 ml) and aliquot of the &amp;amp;lt;1 kDa ultrafiltrate or permeate solutions (10 ml) were transferred into a counting vial for γ-counting.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
For the binary-sorbent experiments, macromolecular organic matter was added after the inorganic nanoparticles. The experimental solution was then stirred for 30 min to allow inorganic particles to interact with MOCs. After that, spikes were added. Other experimental procedures were the same as the single-sorbent experiments.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Retentate and permeate samples were measured for 210Pb and 7Be by non-destructive gamma counting using a Canberra ultra-high purity germanium well detector. The counting efficiencies at different sample geometries (1-10 ml) at 46.5 keV for 210Pb and 477.6 keV for 7Be were calibrated using tracers with certified activities.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
The activities of 210Po in samples were measured using α-spectrometry. For the permeate samples, 5 ml of permeate was acidified to pH &amp;amp;lt;1.5 with HCl, then&amp;amp;nbsp; 4 Bq 209Po was added, followed by ascorbic acid powder, 1 ml of hydroxylamine hydrochloride (20%) and 1 ml of sodium citrate (25%).&amp;amp;nbsp; Finally, the mixed solution was adjusted to a pH of 1.5. Polonium isotopes, including 209Po and 210Po, were plated on a silver disc at 90ºC for 4 h under stirring. Procedures for the retentate samples were the same, except that the retentate was digested with mixed acids. Then, the solution was dried to near dryness.&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;amp;nbsp;Activities of 209Po and 210Po on silver disc were counted by a Canberra alpha analyst system. The procedural efficiencies of Po isotopes were determined by the measured 209Po and initially added 209Po activities.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</gco:CharacterString>
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&lt;p&gt;Particle-associated natural radioisotopes are transported to the ocean floor mostly via silica and carbonate ballasted particles, allowing their use as tracers for particle transport. Th(IV), Pa (IV,V), Po(IV), Pb(II) and Be(II) radionuclides are important proxies in oceanographic investigations, used for tracing particle and colloid cycling, estimating export fluxes of particulate organic carbon, tracing air-sea exchange, paleoproductivity, and/or ocean circulation in paleoceanographic studies. Even though tracer approaches are considered routine, there are cases where data interpretation or validity has become controversial, largely due to uncertainties about inorganic proxies and organic carrier molecules. Recent studies showed that cleaned diatom frustules and pure silica particles, sorb natural radionuclides to a much lower extent (by 1-2 orders of magnitude) than whole diatom cells (with or without shells). Phytoplankton that build siliceous or calcareous shells, such as the diatoms and coccolithophores, are assembled via bio-mineralization processes using biopolymers as nanoscale templates. These templates could serve as possible carriers for radionuclides and stable metals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this project, a research team at the Texas A &amp;amp; M University at Galveston hypothesize that radionuclide sorption is controlled by selective biopolymers that are associated with biogenic opal (diatoms), CaCO3 (coccolithophores) and the attached exopolymeric substances (EPS), rather than to pure mineral phase. To pursue this idea, the major objectives of their research will include separation, identification and molecular-level characterization of the individual biopolymers (e.g., polysaccharides, uronic acids, proteins, hydroquinones, hydroxamate siderophores, etc.) that are responsible for binding different radionuclides (Th, Pa, Pb, Po and Be) attached to cells or in the matrix of biogenic opal or CaCO3 as well as attached EPS mixture, in laboratory grown diatom and coccolithophore cultures. Laboratory-scale radiolabeling experiments will be conducted, and different separation techniques and characterization techniques will be applied.&lt;/p&gt;
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