Rapid Multielement Analysis of Tree Bark by EDXRF

Schelle, Elvio; Staton, Ian; Clarkson, Paul J.; Bellis, David J.; McLeod, Cameron W.

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“…The instrument was calibrated for 18 elements (Ag, Al, As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Ti, V, Zn) for a wide range of standard biological reference materials which included poplar leaves, lichen, human hair and tea leaves. Typical analytical performance has been published previously (Schelle et al, 2002). The concentrations of Cd were less than the detection limit for 19% of the samples, and so we set their values to half that limit for subsequent statistical analysis.…”

Section: Study Region Tree Bark Survey and Analysismentioning

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Mapping aerial metal deposition in metropolitan areas from tree bark: A case study in Sheffield, England

Schelle

Rawlins

Lark

et al. 2008

Environmental Pollution

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We investigated the use of metals accumulated on tree bark for mapping their 2 deposition across metropolitan Sheffield by sampling 642 trees of three common species. 3Mean concentrations of metals were generally an order of magnitude greater than 4 in samples from a remote uncontaminated site. We found trivially small differences 5 among tree species with respect to metal concentrations on bark, and in subsequent 6 statistical analyses did not discriminate between them. We mapped the concentrations 7 of As, Cd and Ni by lognormal universal kriging using parameters estimated by residual 8 maximum likelihood (reml). The concentrations of Ni and Cd were greatest close to 9 a large steel works, their probable source, and declined markedly within 500 metres 10 of it and from there more gradually over several kilometres. Arsenic was much more 11 evenly distributed, probably as a result of locally mined coal burned in domestic fires 12 for many years. Tree bark seems to integrate airborne pollution over time, and our 13 findings show that sampling and analysing it are cost-effective means of mapping and 14 identifying sources. 15Capsule: Multi-element analysis of tree bark can be effective for mapping the deposition 16 of metals from air and relating it to sources of emission.

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Section: Study Region Tree Bark Survey and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping aerial metal deposition in metropolitan areas from tree bark: A case study in Sheffield, England

Schelle

Rawlins

Lark

et al. 2008

Environmental Pollution

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“…The application of XRF to the determination of the elemental composition of plants and the uptake of elements from the environment was the subject of investigation this year. Examples included: the determination of uptake and root-leaf transfer for 15 elements in Cistus ladanifer L. growing in a pyrite mining area; 300 the determination of Cl and S in fodder by XRF in comparison with ICP-AES and INAA procedures; 301 the rapid determination of 15 elements in tree bark 302 and 12 elements in plant materials, 303 both using powder pressed sample pellet procedures; and the determination of the elemental composition (12 elements) of vegetation on the Croatian island of Kirk in the North Adriatic sea. 304 In a related study concerning the island of Kirk, 305 EDXRF was used to determine the trace element distribution in plant material, soil and water.…”

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Atomic spectrometry update. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Potts¹,

Ellis²,

Kregsamer³

et al. 2004

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

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“…The physiological function of bark is to protect the tree from mechanical injury, damaging agents and excessive evaporation [21]. However, because the bark is rough with broad, flat scales, it traps a variety of pollutants and thus has been used as a bioindicator of heavy metals [22], acid gases [23], ammonia emission [24], organic pollutants [25] and radioisotopes [26].…”

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Aleppo Pine Bark as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Pollution in the Arid Environment of Jordan

Al-Alawi

Batarseh²,

Carreras³

et al. 2007

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Monitoring of atmospheric pollution using Aleppo bark as a bioindicator was carried out in the industrial area surrounding the Al-Hussein thermal power station and the oil refinery at Al-Hashimyeh town, Jordan. The concentrations of heavy metals (copper, lead, cadmium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc, iron, and chromium) were analyzed in bark samples collected from the study area during July 2004. The results showed that high levels of heavy metals were found in tree bark samples retrieved from all studied sites compared with the remote reference site. This is, essentially, due to the fact that the oil refinery and the thermal power plant still use low-quality fuel oil from the by-products of oil refining. Automobile emissions are another source of pollution since the study area is located along a major heavy-traffic highway. It was found that the area around the study sites (Al-Hashimyeh town, Zarqa) is polluted with high levels of heavy metals. Pine bark was found to be a suitable bioindicator of aerial fallout of heavy metals in arid regions.

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Rapid Multielement Analysis of Tree Bark by EDXRF

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Mapping aerial metal deposition in metropolitan areas from tree bark: A case study in Sheffield, England

Mapping aerial metal deposition in metropolitan areas from tree bark: A case study in Sheffield, England

Atomic spectrometry update. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Aleppo Pine Bark as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Pollution in the Arid Environment of Jordan

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