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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

A Microwave Digestion Technique for the Analysis of Rare Earth Elements, Thorium and Uranium in Geochemical Certified Reference Materials and Soils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.

Sharayu Kasar, Rajamanickam Murugan, Hideki Arae, Tatsuo Aono, Sarata Kumar Sahoo

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Sharayu KasarEnvironmental Radionuclides Research Group, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Rajamanickam MuruganEnvironmental Radionuclides Research Group, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Hideki AraeEnvironmental Radionuclides Research Group, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Tatsuo AonoEnvironmental Radionuclides Research Group, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Sarata Kumar SahooEnvironmental Radionuclides Research Group, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Sciences and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7226-5193

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Two different digestion methods-microwave digestion (Mw) and Savillex digestion (Sx)-were used to evaluate the best quality control for analysis of the rare earth elements, Th and U in the geochemical certified reference material JSd-2, supplied by the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ). The analysis of trace elements was carried out using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The digestion recovery was > 90% for almost all elements by both methods. Mw-4 (four repeats of the microwave digestion) was found to be more effective and faster than Sx. In order to evaluate the efficiency of Mw-4, three other GSJ certified reference materials, JLk-1, JB-1 and JB-3, as well as five different soil samples from Belarus, Japan, Serbia and Ukraine were also analyzed. The Mw-4 method was seen to be promising for complete digestion and recovery of most of the elements. The U/Th ratio showed some heterogeneity for Ukraine and Serbia soils affected by Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and depleted uranium contamination, respectively. This method can be successfully applied to any type of soils for elemental analyses.

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Chernobyl Nuclear AccidentFukushima Nuclear AccidentJapanMass SpectrometryMetals, Rare EarthMicrowavesReference StandardsRepublic of BelarusSerbiaSoilSoil PollutantsThoriumUkraineUraniumMetals, Rare EarthSoilSoil PollutantsThoriumUraniumchemical digestionICP-MSJSd-2rare earth elementsThU

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