Trace element analysis of soil type collected from the Manjung and central Perak

Trace elements in soils primarily originated from their parent materials. Parents’ material is the underlying geological material that has been undergone different types of chemical weathering and leaching processes. Soil trace elements concentrations may be increases as a result of continuous input...

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Main Authors: Azman, Muhammad Azfar, Hamzah, Suhaimi, Rahman, Shamsiah Abdul, Elias, Md Suhaimi, Abdullah, Nazaratul Ashifa, Hashim, Azian, Shukor, Shakirah Abd, Kamaruddin, Ahmad Hasnulhadi Che
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Activation analysis
AGRICULTURE
CONCENTRATION RATIO
CONTAMINATION
ELEMENT ABUNDANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Fish
Isotopes
Leaching
MALAYSIA
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
Organic chemistry
Parents
PHOTON EMISSION
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOISOTOPES
Soil analysis
Soil contamination
SOILS
Spectrometry
Terrestrial environments
TRACE AMOUNTS
Trace elements
TRIGA-2 REACTOR
Weathering
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Summary:Trace elements in soils primarily originated from their parent materials. Parents’ material is the underlying geological material that has been undergone different types of chemical weathering and leaching processes. Soil trace elements concentrations may be increases as a result of continuous input from various human activities, including power generation, agriculture, mining and manufacturing. This paper describes the Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) method used for the determination of trace elements concentrations in part per million (ppm) present in the terrestrial environment soil in Perak. The data may indicate any contamination of trace elements contributed from human activities in the area. The enrichment factors were used to check if there any contamination due to the human activities (power plants, agricultural, mining, etc.) otherwise the values would serve as a baseline data for future study. The samples were collected from 27 locations of different soil series in the area at two different depths: the top soil (0-15cm) and the sub soil (15-30cm). The collected soil samples were air dried at 60°C and passed through 2 µm sieve. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) has been used for the determination of trace elements. Samples were activated in the Nuclear Malaysia TRIGA Mark II reactor followed by gamma spectrometric analysis. By activating the stable elements in the samples, the elements can be determined from the intensities of gamma energies emitted by the respected radionuclides.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.4916873