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Nondestructive multielement analysis of environmental samples by the radionuclide x-ray fluorescence method. I. Determination of heavy metals in plant material

E. Havránek, A. Bumbálová, M. Harangozó, E. Dejmková, and F. Krečmer

Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Komenský University, CS-832 32 Bratislava

Abstract: The radionuclide x-ray fluorescence method is an effective technique for multielement anal. of plant tissues. The simultaneous detn. of heavy metals content in above- and underground parts of plants is described. The x-ray measuring system consisted of a radionuclide source of ²³⁸Pu exciting K x-rays of Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, as well as L x-rays of Pb, and and Si/Li semiconductor detector connected to the multichannel x-ray analyzer. All the measurements were performed in noncoaxial geometrical arrangement of source, sample, and detector.

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Chemical Papers 37 (2) 201–208 (1983)