Determination of anthropogenic input of Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Os, Ir and Pt in soils along Austrian motorways by isotope dilution ICP-MS

Fritsche, Johannes; Meisel, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.11.019

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“…A study of road dust in Honolulu revealed an average Pt content of 70.2 µg kg −1 , Pd of 17.7 µg kg −1 , and Rh of 6.23 µg kg −1 . Studies conducted along highways or high traffic roads outside urban areas in Austria (Fritsche and Meisel 2004) and Brazil (Morcelli et al 2005) confirm an input from automobile exhausts.…”

Section: Arsenicmentioning

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Trace Elements in Soils of Urban Areas

Ajmone-Marsan

Biasioli

2010

Water Air Soil Pollut

192

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Urban soils are an essential element of the city environment. However, studies on urban soils are scattered in terms of geographical distribution, sampling pattern, analytical dataset, etc. One of the major issues arising from the studies on this ecosystem is the diffusion of its contamination. In cities, in fact, the proximity to humans may cause a serious danger for citizens. In the present study, results from the literature about trace elements in urban soils are presented to compare methodologies and results and to offer a basis for the harmonization of investigation approaches and establishment of remediation thresholds. A total of 153 studies on the urban ecosystem published in the last 10 years were collected and data on trace elements in soils of 94 world cities were compared and discussed. Data highlights the discrepancies among different studies (sampling strategies, analytical procedures) and the extreme variability of urban soils. Most cities are contaminated by one or more trace elements, revealing the environmental relevance of the urban soil system. While Pb is still one of the major concerns in many locations, new contaminants are on the rise and would deserve more attention from the researchers. While in fact some contaminants are almost ubiquitous in world cities and could be used as tracers for urban contamination, some traffic-related elements such as platinum, rhodium, and palladium, whose reactivity and toxicity is still unknown, are becoming of concern. Collation of literature data highlights the need for the harmonization of sampling, analytical, and rendering procedures for regulatory purposes and provides a useful dataset for environmental scientists dealing with the urban ecosystem and for city planners. A sampling design adapted to local urban patterns, a prescribed sampling depth, and a minimum set of elements that deserve to be measured could be the core of a common methodology.

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Section: Arsenicmentioning

confidence: 92%

Trace Elements in Soils of Urban Areas

Ajmone-Marsan

Biasioli

2010

Water Air Soil Pollut

192

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“…17 A recent study on sediments from Massachusetts Bay, Cape Cod Bay, and Boston Harbor (all USA) reported background Os concentrations in the range of 22 Os ratios identify an anthropogenic input and thus can be used to trace the PGE source(s). 12,16,[19][20][21][22] The monitoring of Re will be especially important since to date virtually nothing is known about its behavior in the environment and its risk for humans.…”

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A method for determination of PGE–Re concentrations and Os isotopic compositions in environmental materials

Zhao

Zhong

et al. 2014

Anal. Methods

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Os ratio of this standard was determined to be 0.537 AE 0.022 (95% confidence level; n ¼ 10). These are the first comprehensive PGE and Re concentrations and Os isotopic compositions reported for BCR-723 and provide a well-characterized standard for assessing the data quality of autocatalyst PGE measurements and related research on environmental materials. The method was successfully employed in the determination of PGE and Re concentrations and Os isotopic compositions in urban road dust samples.

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“…(Shevchenko et al, 2003;Xiao et al, 2004). Catalytic converter of modern vehicles are considered to be the major sources of Pt and the other platinum group elements in aerosols (Cicchella et al, 2003;Djingova et al, 2003;Fritsche and Meisel, 2004;Bocca et al, 2006;.…”

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Seasonal variations in elemental composition of aerosols in Xiamen, China

et al. 2009

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Rapid industrialization and economic take-off in coastal cities of China have placed great strain on the environment. In the this study, 40 aerosol samples were collected in the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province, west Taiwan Strait, P. R. China, from January to December 2003. The samples were analysed for the concentrations of elements (K, Ca, Na, Zn, Pb, W, Se, As, Ni, Ba, Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Th, U, Sr, REEs, etc.). All the elements display significant seasonal variations. The concentrations of most of the elements (except Na and Se) were high in January and February, abruptly decreased in March, kept relatively constant but low from April to August, and then gradually increased from September to December. This corresponds to the rainless climate and the influence of biomass burning from Southeast Asia in the winter and rain scavenging and the diffusion of typhoon in the summer. Thus, most of the elements have a good negative correlation with the monthly precipitation. The SEM/EDX studies indicate that the aerosols of Xiamen mainly consisted of soot grains, clay minerals, feldspar, gypsum, quartz, and biological particulates. The calculated enrichment factors indicate that Na and Br are derived from ocean, Pb, Zn, As, Sb, Se, W, and Ni are anthropogenic elements mainly derived from coal combustion, vehicle exhaust, and mining, and the other elements (i.e., Zr, Fe, Cr, Co, Rb, Sr, Cs, Ba, Hf, Ta, Th, U, and REEs) are crustal elements derived from weathered rocks and soil dust.The elemental concentrations of aerosols in Xiamen were compared with other cities, and the results indicate that Xiamen, like other coastal cities such as Qingdao, Dalian, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, has much lower concentrations of the elements such as Pb, Zn, and Cr than Beijing. The elemental deposition fluxes in Xiamen were also compared to other cities. The comparisons indicate that the elemental deposition fluxes in these cities are influenced not only by climatic characteristics (e.g., the precipitation and the sandstorm), but also by the industrial facility denseness.

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Determination of anthropogenic input of Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Os, Ir and Pt in soils along Austrian motorways by isotope dilution ICP-MS

Cited by 103 publications

References 20 publications

Trace Elements in Soils of Urban Areas

Trace Elements in Soils of Urban Areas

A method for determination of PGE–Re concentrations and Os isotopic compositions in environmental materials

Seasonal variations in elemental composition of aerosols in Xiamen, China

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