Heavy Metal Determination by ICP-OES
Start Date
April 2025
Location
CLC 207
Abstract
High concentrations of certain heavy metals in the environment can be toxic to human and aquatic life. There is a critical need to create rapid and reliable methods of detecting heavy metals in environmental samples. This research aims to develop a fast and efficient method to detect the concentrations of heavy metals in soil and water runoff samples. These methods can be difficult to standardize because soil samples are a complex matrix due to their heterogeneity. Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) will be utilized, given its capability to detect trace-level concentrations with minimal chemical interference. The data presented will demonstrate the method's accuracy in recovering heavy metals across different concentrations, confirming its suitability for soil and water-runoff analysis.
Heavy Metal Determination by ICP-OES
CLC 207
High concentrations of certain heavy metals in the environment can be toxic to human and aquatic life. There is a critical need to create rapid and reliable methods of detecting heavy metals in environmental samples. This research aims to develop a fast and efficient method to detect the concentrations of heavy metals in soil and water runoff samples. These methods can be difficult to standardize because soil samples are a complex matrix due to their heterogeneity. Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) will be utilized, given its capability to detect trace-level concentrations with minimal chemical interference. The data presented will demonstrate the method's accuracy in recovering heavy metals across different concentrations, confirming its suitability for soil and water-runoff analysis.
