Determination of manganese, iron, calcium and potassium in soil samples
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54172/z09f6j38Keywords:
Soil samples, Iron, soil, unknown samples, standard soil samplesAbstract
The purpose of this work is to determine manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), calcium (Ca) and potassium (K) concentration in four unknown samples of soil by two techniques: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). Then by comparing the results, a verification of the most accurate technique is reached. Since soil analysis is essential in many fields, it is, therefore, useful to know which is the most efficient and accurate technique. In this experiment, unknown soil samples were compared to standard soil samples and their metal content was determined by the two instruments. The results verify that the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) is by far the most accurate technique
References
. C. Herrero-Latorre, J. Álvarez-Méndez, J. Barciela-García, S. García-Martín, R. Peña-Crecente, Characterization of carbon nanotubes and analytical methods for their determination in environmental and biological samples: a review. Analytica chimica acta 853, 77 (2015).
2. D. A. Skoog, F. J. Holler, S. R. Crouch, Instrumental analysis. (Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning Belmont, 2007), vol. 47.
3. D. Kealey, P. J. Haines, BIOS instant notes in analytical chemistry. (Taylor & Francis, 2002).
4. J. W. Robinson, E. M. S. Frame, G. M. Frame, M. Eileen, F. Skelly, Undergraduate instrumental analysis. (CRC Press, New York, 2005).
5. J. Miller, J. C. Miller, Statistics and chemometrics for analytical chemistry. (Pearson education, Prentice Hall, Essex CM20 2JE, 2018).
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Copyright of articles published by the Al-Mukhtar Journal of Basic Sciences (MJBS) is retained by the author(s). Authors grant MJBS the right of first publication of their work. All articles published by MJBS are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license permits users to share and adapt the published material for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s), the original publication in MJBS is acknowledged, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made to the original work are indicated. Published articles remain part of the permanent scholarly record of MJBS and may be corrected or retracted in accordance with the journal's correction and retraction policies.
