title: Chemometric evaluation of the heavy metals distribution in waters from the Dilovasi region in Kocaeli, Turkey.
abstract: The main objective of this study was to test water samples collected from 10 locations in the Dilovası area (a town in the Kocaeli region of Turkey) for heavy metal contamination and to classify the heavy metal (Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb and Hg) contents in water samples using chemometric methods. The heavy metals in the water samples were identified using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). To ascertain the relationship among the water samples and their possible sources, the correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and cluster analysis (CA) were used as classification techniques. About 10 water samples were classified into five groups using PCA. A very similar grouping was obtained using CA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. denizbingol1@gmail.com
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bingöl
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ay
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karayünlü Bozbaş
authors.forename: Nevin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uzgören
mesh_terms: D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D012623:Seawater / Q000737:chemistry*; D014421:Turkey; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical