Rapid monitoring of heavy metals in fluvial sediments using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy



Título del documento: Rapid monitoring of heavy metals in fluvial sediments using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Revista: Revista mexicana de física
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000438877
ISSN: 0035-001X
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires. Argentina
2Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Año:
Periodo: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 65
Número: 5
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, teórico
Resumen en inglés In this work, a quantitative analysis of heavy metals Cr and Cu in fluvial sediments was carried out by Laser-induced breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to assess the anthropogenic. To perform the analysis, different sediment samples were collected at selected positions. Standard addition calibration curves were constructed for Cr and Cu by measuring the Cr I line at 357.87 nm and Cu I line at 324.75 nm. The moisture and organic matter contents of the sediments were taken into account to overcome the matrix effect. The quantitative models were evaluated statistically to evaluate the robustness and prediction ability of the method. Low values for root-mean-square errors for calibration (RMSEC), prediction (RMSEP) and cross-validation (RMSECV) were calculated. High values of the correlation coefficients of calibration ( R 2 c = 0:984 for Cr; R 2 c = 0:986 for Cu) and cross-validation ( R 2 c v = 0:985 for Cr; R 2 c v = 0:981 for Cu) were obtained. The calculated limits of detection (LoD) were 2.9 ppm for Cr and 3.3 ppm for Cu, and the limits of quantification (LoQ) were 9.5 ppm for Cr and 11 ppm for Cu. Concentrations of Cr and Cu higher than the baseline values were obtained in the sediments downstream (Cr: 49 ppm, Cu: 81 ppm) which are indicative of the pollution of the basin by heavy metals due to the spill of untreated effluents derived from anthropogenic activities. LIBS analysis was optimized for reliable heavy metal monitoring in fluvial sediments
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Física de partículas y campos cuánticos,
Sedimentos fluviales,
Cromo,
Cobre,
Espectroscopía láser
Keyword: Particle physics and quantum fields,
Fluvial sediments,
Chromium,
Copper,
Laser spectroscopy
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