Análise multielementar em folhas de Nerium oleander L. usando fluorescência de raios X por dispersão em energia

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Ramon Silva dos
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/12934
• topic: X-Ray Fluorescence; Biomonitoring; Environmental pollution; Nerium oleander L; Fluorescência de raios X; Biomonitoramento; Poluição ambiental; Nerium oleander L; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::FISICA::FISICA NUCLEAR

Since the early 20th century, the air pollution in the great urban areas has worsened as a result of the industrialization and urbanization processes, jointly with the rapid population growth and the motorized transport. Some plants species absorb the air pollutant atmosphere by the leaves and then fixed them in its matrix, thus becoming a biomonitor of pollution in that area. Thus, the foliar analysis of these vegetal species can be used to environmental monitoring. One of the plants that have the ability to retain certain chemical elements in the environmental and it can be used as a biomonitor is the Nerium oleander L.. In this study were used Nerium oleander L. leaves to measure the environmental pollution levels in a sub-region in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region-Brazil through the X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). The EDXRF system was developed in the own laboratory and consist of a portable XRF system formed by a mini X-ray tube of low power (anode of Ag and operated in 20 kV/50 μA) and a SiPIN detector. The samples of Nerium oleander L. were collected from adult plants. The samples were collected during the year seasons (summer, fall, winter and spring). All the leaves were collected at a distance superior of a 1.5 m relative to the soil. The samples were packed in plastic bags and after the arrival in the Laboratory were placed under refrigeration at 5º C. In the laboratory, the samples were cleaned with a brush with soft bristles to remove dust. After that, the samples were placed in the stove at 60º C for 48 h. Next, the leaves were powdered (325 mesh). After this process, aliquots of 500 mg mass were pressed at a pressure of 2.32×108 Pa for about 15 minutes, order to obtain thin pellets with a diameter of 2.54 cm and superficial density of 100 mg/cm2. It was possible to determinate 13 elements concentration: S, Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Br, Rb, Sr, Ba and Pb. From the concentrations of each element were obtained the elemental distribution maps of the studied area in each season. The Pearson's correlation analysis shows a significant correlation between the elements Fe, Zn, Ba and Pb, between the elements Ca and Sr and between the elements Cl, K and Rb. The PCA (Principal Components Analysis) analysis shows that there is two mainly factors of the environmental pollution emissions: emission through the resuspension of the soil (Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Rb and Sr), vehicular and industrial emission (Fe, Zn, Ba and Pb). The study of the environmental pollution using the Nerium oleander L. leaves as a biomonitor proved an inexpensive technique and substantial efficiency in the determination of elements concentration.