Simple and accurate method for routine analysis of heavy metals in soil, plant, and fertilizer

Shirisha, K and Sahrawat, K L and Devi, P B and Wani, S P (2014) Simple and accurate method for routine analysis of heavy metals in soil, plant, and fertilizer. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. pp. 1-6. ISSN 0010-3624

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Abstract

With environmental issues relating to heavy-metal contamination of natural resources becoming of increasing concern, there is an obvious need to have a method that can be used for routine analysis of a range of materials including soil, sediment, sewage sludge, plant, mineral and organic fertilizers, and other miscellaneous materials for heavy metals of concern. A single-step microwave digestion method was developed using aqua regia solution for digestion of finely ground samples for determining 15 heavy metals in soil, plant, and fertilizer materials using inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Results on the recoveries of 15 heavy metals added via certified standard reference sample to soil, plant, or fertilizer samples showed that the results varied with the metal and the substrate, and with few exceptions, the results were satisfactory. The method is simple, rapid, and accurate and seems ideal for the routine analyses of a range of materials. Using microwave-assisted digestion, an analyst can perform more than 100 analyses in a working day

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	RP-Dryland Cereals
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Heavy-metal contamination, microwave-assisted digestion, natural resources, recovery of trace metals, single-step digestion method
Subjects:	Others > Soil Science
Depositing User:	Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2014 10:50
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2016 06:43
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8283
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2014.911303
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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