2010년 4월 가막만 전역의 19개 정점에서 표층퇴적물을 채취하여 퇴적물의 입도 분포, 유기물의 기원, 알칼리 원소(Li, Na, K, Rb) 및 알칼리 토금속(Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba)원소의 분포특성을 파악하였다. 조사해역의 퇴적물 유형은 대부분 Mud로 나타났다. Chlorophyll a, TOC, TN, TS 및 LOI의 경우 만의 북부해역과 어류양식장이 산재되어 있는 남측해역에서 높은 농도분포를 보였으며, 만의 중앙부에서 낮은 농도를 보였다. 이들 성분과는 반대로 산화환원전위의 경우 만의 중앙부에서 대체로 (+)값으로 산화상태를 나타내었으며, 만의 북부해역과 남측해역에서 (-)상태로 환원환경 특성을 보였다. 유기물의 기원은 대부분 자생기원 유기물질 이였으나, 일부 정점에서 육상 및 박테리아성 유기물 기원 특성을 보였다. 알칼리 및 알카리 토금속 원소 중 Li, Na, K, Rb, Be, Mg, Ca 및 Sr의 경우 대부분의 정점에서 석영희석 효과에 의해 일차적으로 농도 분포가 결정된다. Ba의 경우 본 조사해역에서 중정석(Barite)가 존재하는 것으로 생각되며, Sr 및 Ba의 경우 이차적으로 탄산염 희석과 산화환원전위에 의한 생지화학적 영향을 직간접적으로 받는 것으로 보인다.

Competitive solvent extraction of the mixure of alkali metal and alkaline earth cation from water into organic solvent containing the crown ether carboxylic acid and anlogous crown ether phosphonic acid was investigated as follows. The lipophilic group is found to strongly influence to the selective extraction in the mixed systems from only alkali metal cation for sym-(n-decyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxyacetic acid _1 to mostly alkaline earth metal cation for sym-bis[4(5)-tert-butylbenzo]-16-crown-5-oxyacetic acid _3. Monoethyl sym-(n-decyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid _2. and monoethyl-sym- bis]4(5)-tert-butylbenzo]-16-crown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid _4 showed good selectivity for Na+ over Mg2+, the second extracted ion. Structural variation in the crown ether phosphonic acid somewhat was influenced to the extraction selectivity in the mixed systems. when variation of the ionized group is influenced in the mixed systems, the selectivity of Na+ as the second extracted ion was much better crown ether carboxylic acid _1 than crown ether phosphonic acid _2, while the efficiency of Na+ extraction was better _2 (83% total loading) than _1 (32%).

A comparison of alkali metal cation and alkaline earth cation solvent extraction was made for three additional monoionizable crown ethers and one diionizable crown ether. sym-(n-Octyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxyacetic acid _1 exhibited high efficiency and selecvity in solvent extraction of alkali metal cations with respect to that observed with alkaline earth cations. Sizes of Na+ and Ca2+ appropriately match with the cavity size of monoethyl sym-bis[4(5)-tert-butylbenzo]-16-crown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid _3. As the result, Na+ and Ca2+ are the best extracted. sym-(n-Octyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxymethyldiphosphonic acid _4was found to be somewhat selective for Na+ over Li+ and other alkaline earth metal cations. In the complexation of alklaine earth cations by crown ether diphosphonic acid _4, Ca2+ and Sr2+ are the appropriate sizes, but lager Ba2+ may be due to favorable formation of a sandwich type complex between the crown ether cavity and the dianion of the deprotonated crown ether phoaphonic acid moiety.

Competitive solvent extraction of alkaline earth metal cations from water into organic solvent containing the carboxylic acid crown ether and analogous crown ether phosphonic acid monoethyl esters were investigated. sym-(n-Decyldibenzo)-16-crown-5xyacetic acid _1 and monoethyl sym-(n-decyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid _3 are structurally identical except for the ionizable groups. Both of them provide similar extraction behavior in terms of efficiency and selectivity, but monoethyl sym-(n-decyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid _3 showed higher alkaline earth metals loadings at acidic or neutral media. Monoethylsym-(n-octyldibenzo)-16-rown-5-oxymethylphosphonic acid _2 showed better selectivity and alkaline earth metals loading than did the analogous sym-(n-octyldibenzo)-16-crown-5-oxymethyldiphosphonic acid _6.