Khan, A.M. and Behkami, S. and Yusoff, Ismail and Zain, Sharifuddin Md and Bakar, Nor Kartini Abu and Bakar, Ahmad Farid Abu and Alias, Yatimah (2017) Geochemical characteristics of rare earth elements in different types of soil: A chemometric approach. Chemosphere, 184. pp. 673-678. ISSN 0045-6535, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.032.
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Rare earth elements (REEs) are becoming significant due to their huge applications in many industries, large-scale mining and refining activities. Increasing usage of such metals pose negative environmental impacts. In this research ICP-MS has been used to analyze soil samples collected from former ex-mining areas in the depths of 0–20 cm, 21–40 cm, and 41–60 cm of residential, mining, natural, and industrial areas of Perak. Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that soil samples taken from different mining, industrial, residential, and natural areas are separated into four clusters. It was observed that REEs were abundant in most of the samples from mining areas. Concentration of the rare elements decrease in general as we move from surface soil to deeper soils.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Industrial area; Mining area; Soil; Principal component analysis (PCA); ICP-MS |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QE Geology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science > Department of Geology |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2017 08:42 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2019 09:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/17569 |
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