EVALUATION OF METAL CONCENTRATIONS OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM YAHYALI-KAYSERI, TURKEY

Unsal Y. E., Tuzen M., SOYLAK M.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, vol.23, no.10, pp.2488-2491, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2488-2491
  • Keywords: Yahyali, Soil, Trace Elements, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, OPTICAL-EMISSION SPECTROMETRY, MICROWAVE-ASSISTED DIGESTION, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS, SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION, TRACE-ELEMENT CONTENTS, HEAVY-METALS, IONS, PRECONCENTRATION, SEDIMENTS, POLLUTION
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The concentrations of iron, manganese, zinc, copper, lead, cobalt, cadmium, nickel and chromium in soil samples from Yahyali-Kayseri, Turkey were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) after digestion aqua regia. The ranges for the analytes in the soil samples were found as 11.1-15.2 mg/g for iron, 0.6-1.1 mg/g for manganese, 0.1-0.69 mg/g for zinc, 59.3-124.1 mu g/g for lead, 39.8-282 mu g/g for nickel, 41.2-79 mu g/g for chromium, 39.6-156.5 mu g/g for copper, 14.3-24.4 mu g/g for cobalt, 5.9-10.5 mu g/g for cadmium. The correctness of the procedure was checked with analysis certified reference materials and with addition-recovery tests to different soil samples.