Published January 2006 | Version v1
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PIXE analysis of heavy metals in water samples from a mining area in Mongolia

Creators

  • 1. Department of Environment Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
  • 3. Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550 (Japan)

Description

The affect of mining activity on the environment has been long of public concern. The present paper deals with chemical analysis of the Boroo River water samples collected in mining area of Mongolia focusing the determination of heavy metal contents by particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) technique. The samples were prepared by preconcentration method (water samples treated to form metal-dibenzyldithiocarbamate (DBDTC) complexes and collected on a nuclepore track-etch membrane filter) and irradiated by 2.5 MeV proton beam from the single-end type Van de Graaff accelerator. The accuracy of the results was proved by using certified river water samples. The total dispersions of experimental procedure were evaluated by variance analysis

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2005.07.190;
PII
S0168-583X(05)01402-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
243
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 161-166
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37069601
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
IRRADIATION; MEMBRANES; METALS; MEV RANGE 01-10; MINING; MONGOLIAN PEOPLES REPUBLIC; PIXE ANALYSIS; PROTON BEAMS; RIVERS; VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATORS; WATER; X RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ASIA; BEAMS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEV RANGE; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NUCLEON BEAMS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATIONS; SURFACE WATERS; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS

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