Validation of an analytical method with modified acid purity and iron matrices to measure heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cr and As) in fertilizers
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Formatua: | artículo original |
Egoera: | Versión publicada |
Argitaratze data: | 2022 |
Deskribapena: | Introduction: The frequent use of fertilizers in the Costa Rican agricultural sector causes environmental pollution; and heavy metals are among the main pollutants because of their high toxicity, strengthening the need for affordable and reliable local methods to assess pollution levels. Objective: To validate an adaptation of a method that uses modified acid purity and iron matrices to measure heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cr and As) in fertilizers. Method: We tested four duplicate analyzes of a sample of known concentration with reactive grade acids and ultra-pure acids. For the iron interference test, we used eight replicates. We also did tests for bias, precision, detection limits, quantification limit, specificity, recovery, false positives and false negatives. Results: The new method proved satisfactory and its efficiency held by analytical performance parameters. Conclusions: The method is resistant to changes in acid purity, and tolerates matrices with iron concentrations under 5% m/m. |
Herria: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
Erakundea: | Universidad Estatal a Distancia |
Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
Hizkuntza: | Español |
OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/3485 |
Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/3485 |
Gako-hitza: | heavy metals fertilizer agrochemicals validation ICP metales pesados fertilizante agroquímicos validación |