An evaluation of procedures for the digestion of soils and vegetation from areas with metalliferous pollution.
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| Title: | An evaluation of procedures for the digestion of soils and vegetation from areas with metalliferous pollution. |
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| Authors: | Wilson, Bob1 bob.wilson@ntu.ac.uk, Braithwaite, Alan2, Pyatt, F. Brian1 |
| Source: | Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. Jul-Sep2005, Vol. 87 Issue 3, p335-344. 10p. 2 Charts, 4 Graphs. |
| Subject Terms: | *Soil pollution, *Environmental soil science, *Environmental protection, *Environmental health, *Soil remediation |
| Abstract: | Various digestion or extraction processes are available for the determination of trace metals in environmental samples using diverse analytical techniques. Our research examines the most efficient and reproducible methods of digestion utilising readily available laboratory equipment, reagents and instrumentation. Extraction procedures reported in over 80 recent research works were considered and the most common methods were critically evaluated. Thus nitric acid, nitric acid/perchloric acid, aqua regia, nitric acid/hydrogen peroxide and microwave-assisted methods were investigated using soil and leaf samples collected adjacent to three old metalliferous workings. Analysis was carried out using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and the results were evaluated. Differences in efficiency of extraction relative to specific metals and different substrates are highlighted and recommendations made for a digestion procedure suitable for environmental samples. Aqua regia produced the most accurate, efficient and reproducible results; we consider methods of improving both of these factors and sample preparation. Our recommended methodology has applications in environmental surveys, environmental geology, environmental toxicology, geochemistry and provides a means of obtaining meaningful and reliable results for the determination of metals present in soils, minerals and vegetation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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