Particle-induced X-ray emission analysis of IAEA standard reference materials, NIST standard reference materials and soils and sediments of Bangladesh

Abstract

This study shows that twenty-six elements (Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, As, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ba, Hg, and Pb) in very small quantities of international atomic energy agency standard reference materials (IAEA-SRM-Soil-7, IAEA-SRM-SL-1, IAEA-SRM-SL-3), national institute of standard and technology standard reference materials  (NIST-SRM-1633b and NIST-SRM-1632b ) are determined by particle-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) with reasonable accuracy. PIXE also applied to the determination of multi-elements in soils and sediments of Bangladesh. This study shows that PIXE using the powdered internal standard method can be used for the rapid identification of the environmental pollutants especially elevated levels of chromium and arsenic in soils and sediments of Bangladesh.

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Shaikh A. Latif, Katada M., Islam M. Amirul, Uddin M. Shuza, Khandaker M. Uddin, & Ibrahim M. Mehedi. (2020). Particle-induced X-ray emission analysis of IAEA standard reference materials, NIST standard reference materials and soils and sediments of Bangladesh. Journal of Technological Science & Engineering (JTSE), 01(01), 14–22. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3931438