title: [Analysis of heavy metal in soil with portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry].
abstract: The concentrations of main heavy metal pollutants (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr and As) in soil were tested by NITON XL3 600 portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (PXRF). The results showed that the minimum? detection limits for elements Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr and As were 23.96, 11.69, 8.58, 19.23, 6.24 mg x kg(-1), respectively. The soil composition standard material GSS-5 was detected by PXRF for 5 replicate measurements, The accuracy was 96%-102% and relative standard deviations (RSD) was 1.0%-7.6%. In term of field situ testing, RSD was less than 20%, and accuracy was 55%-119%. The performance was assessed by laboratory testing and field situ detection, and the results indicated that PXRF is effective for rapid, quantitative monitoring of soil metal contamination.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Research Center for Agrifood Testing and Farmland Monitoring, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China. hanp@nercita.org.cn
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ji-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: An-xiang
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhi-hong
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Li-gang
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Pan