EDXRF analysis of municipal solid waste using 109Cd source

X-ray fluorescence activities at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India

“…Few MSW samples of urban and suburban areas were subjected to EDXRF analysis [58]. A typical spectrum from the MSW of an urban area is shown in figure 12.…”

Sample Preparation and Inorganic Analysis for Urban Geochemical Survey Soil and Sediment Samples

“…XRFS has been the analytical method of choice in surveys throughout the world: e.g. Tallinn, Estonia (Bityukova et al, 2000); Berlin, Germany (Birke and Rauch, 2000); Pforzheim, Germany (Norra et al, 2006); 21 cities in Great Britain (Fordyce et al, 2005); Galway, Ireland (Carr et al, 2008); Palermo, Italy (Manta et al, 2002); Zurich, Switzerland (Gehrig et al, 2007); Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ahmed et.al, 2007); Xuzhou, China (Wang et al, 2005); Kolkata, India (Gupta et al, 2007); Ruseifa, Jordan, (Al-Jundi and Al-Tarazi, 2008); Roxbury and Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Clark et al, 2006).…”

Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence study of elemental uptake in cauliflower

“…This region has small vegetable growing farms, the total area of which is about 2000 acres. The top soil of these vegetable cultivating farms evolved from dumped MSW which was found to contain higher concentrations of essential elements as well as heavy metals [1]. Thus the Dhapa top soil and vegetables grown there are also expected to contain elements in higher concentrations than those in uncontaminated soil.…”