Rapid assessment of heavy metal pollution using ion-exchange resin sachets and micro-XRF core-scanning
Rapid assessment of heavy metal pollution using ion-exchange resin sachets and micro-XRF core-scanning
Conventional pollution monitoring strategies for heavy metals are often costly and unpractical. Innovative sampling and analytical approaches are therefore needed to efficiently monitor large areas. This study presents a novel, simple, fast, and inexpensive method to monitor heavy metal pollution that uses cation-exchange resin sachets and the micro-XRF core-scanning technique (XRF-CS). The resin passive samplers act as concentrators of cationic species and can be readily deployed spatially and temporally to record pollution signals. The large number of analytical tasks are then overcome by the fast and non-destructive XRF-CS to precisely assess elemental concentrations. Quantifying element loading involves direct comparison with a set of identically prepared and scanned resin reference standards containing Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb. The results show that within the test range (from 0–1000 s mg kg
−1
), the calibration lines have excellent regressions (R
2
≥ 0.97), even at the shortest exposure time (1 s). A pilot field survey of a suspected polluted area in central Taiwan, where 30 resin sachets had been deployed, identified a pollution hot spot in a rapid and economical manner. Therefore, this approach has the potential to become a valuable tool in environmental monitoring and forensics.
Huang, Jyh Jaan Steven
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Lin, Sheng Chi
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Liou, Sofia Ya Hsuan
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Chang, Queenie
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Chang, Tsun Kuo
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Croudace, Ian W.
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Huang, Jyh Jaan Steven
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Lin, Sheng Chi
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Liou, Sofia Ya Hsuan
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Chang, Queenie
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Chang, Tsun Kuo
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Wei, Kuo Yen
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Croudace, Ian W.
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Huang, Jyh Jaan Steven, Lin, Sheng Chi, Löwemark, Ludvig, Liou, Sofia Ya Hsuan, Chang, Queenie, Chang, Tsun Kuo, Wei, Kuo Yen and Croudace, Ian W.
(2019)
Rapid assessment of heavy metal pollution using ion-exchange resin sachets and micro-XRF core-scanning.
Scientific Reports, 9 (1), [6601].
(doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43015-x).
Abstract
Conventional pollution monitoring strategies for heavy metals are often costly and unpractical. Innovative sampling and analytical approaches are therefore needed to efficiently monitor large areas. This study presents a novel, simple, fast, and inexpensive method to monitor heavy metal pollution that uses cation-exchange resin sachets and the micro-XRF core-scanning technique (XRF-CS). The resin passive samplers act as concentrators of cationic species and can be readily deployed spatially and temporally to record pollution signals. The large number of analytical tasks are then overcome by the fast and non-destructive XRF-CS to precisely assess elemental concentrations. Quantifying element loading involves direct comparison with a set of identically prepared and scanned resin reference standards containing Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb. The results show that within the test range (from 0–1000 s mg kg
−1
), the calibration lines have excellent regressions (R
2
≥ 0.97), even at the shortest exposure time (1 s). A pilot field survey of a suspected polluted area in central Taiwan, where 30 resin sachets had been deployed, identified a pollution hot spot in a rapid and economical manner. Therefore, this approach has the potential to become a valuable tool in environmental monitoring and forensics.
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Accepted/In Press date: 3 April 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 April 2019
Published date: 1 December 2019
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