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<journal-title>Global Journal of Science Frontier Research - H: Environment &amp; Environmental geology</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="print">0975-5896</issn>
<issn publication-format="electronic">2249-4626</issn>
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<article-title>Validation of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer Technique to Determine Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil Samples</article-title>
<subtitle>Validating XRF for Heavy Metal Soil Analysis</subtitle>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Briffa</surname><given-names>Jessica</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Blundell</surname><given-names>Renald</given-names></name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sinagra</surname><given-names>Emmanuel</given-names></name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Grech</surname><given-names>Joseph</given-names></name></contrib>
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<aff id="aff1">MALTA, University of Malta</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-09-22">
<day>22</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<volume>22</volume>
<issue>H5</issue>
<fpage>43</fpage>
<lpage>48</lpage>
<abstract><p>Heavy metal soil pollution had increased in recent years and this has produced adverse effects to human wellbeing’s health by being uptaken in the food chain. A potential threat of heavy metal pollution was suspected at the Government Farm in Għammieri. This is due to heavy traffic and fireworks causing concern to the farmers who cultivate fruit and vegetables in these fields. Soil sampling with an instrument that can give rapid results was needed to analyse the data and give the real-time in-situ mapping of heavy metal pollution in the soil. Comparison between an X-Ray Fluorescent (XRF) spectrometer and an Inductively Coupled Plasma -Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS), both of which are conventional analytical techniques, was performed to measure the heavy metals in the soil by using laboratory and field work. This was performed to make sure that the XRF that was being used, would give accurate results before testing larger sample size. The XRF used was situated at the Department of Chemistry, at the University of Malta, whilst the ICP-MS was situated in Germany, at an accredited laboratory. Five samples were collected from around the whole field, where each sample was split into 2 identical batches.</p></abstract>
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<p>Heavy metal soil pollution had increased in recent years and this has produced adverse effects to human wellbeingâ€™s health by being uptaken in the food chain. A potential threat of heavy metal pollution was suspected at the Government Farm in GÄ§ammieri. This is due to heavy traffic and fireworks causing concern to the farmers who cultivate fruit and vegetables in these fields. Soil sampling with an instrument that can give rapid results was needed to analyse the data and give the real-time in-situ mapping of heavy metal pollution in the soil.</p>
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