Assessment of metal concentrations in sediment samples from Billings reservoir, Rio Grande tributary, São Paulo, Brazil / "Avaliação da concentração de metais em amostras de sedimentos do Reservatório Billings, Braço Rio Grande, São Paulo, Brasil"

AUTOR(ES)

Eleine Bostelmann

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The present study chemically characterized sediment samples from the Billings reservoir, Rio Grande tributary, in the Metropolitan region of São Paulo, by determining metal concentration and other elements of interest. The chosen chemical parameters for this characterization were Aluminum, Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Chromium, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Mercury, Nickel, Selenium and Zinc. These parameters are also used in the water quality index, with the exception of Selenium. The concentrations were determined through different analytical techniques such as atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS, GFAAS and CVAAS), optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) and neutron activation analysis. These analytical methodologies were assessed for precision, accuracy and detection and/or quantification limits for the sediment elements in question. Advantages and disadvantages of each technique for each element and its concentration were also discussed. From these assessment the most adequate technique was selected for the routine analysis of sediment samples for each element concentration determination. This assessment verified also that digestion in a closed microwave system with nitric acid is efficient for the evaluation of extracted metals of environmental interest. The analytical techniques chosen were equally efficient for metals determination. In the case of Cd and Pb, the FAAS technique was selected due to better results than ICP OES, as it does not present matrix interference. The concentration values obtained for metals As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn in the sediment samples were compared to Canadian Council of Minister of the Environment (CCME) TEL and PEL values.

ASSUNTO(S)

optical emission sediment neutron activation ativacao neutronica emissao otica sedimentos metais metal absorcao atomica atomic absorption

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