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Profile: 170 - Soil Background area Raw soil

Code170
NameSoil Background area Raw soil
Source categoriessoil, all sources
CountryItaly
SiteLecce
Test year2010
TypeO
Latitude40.351
Longitude18.175
ReferenceCesari et al., 2012, 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.029
Notes15 composite samples: arable land, olive grove and sandl and vineyards
Sampling MethodsRaw dust (dryed and sieved at 2mm) and resuspended PM10 (TCR-Tecora). Soil was collected from the surface to a depth of 3 cm.
Uncertainty NotesStandard Deviation

Data

  Relative Mass Uncertainty Analytical Method Uncertainty Method
292 - Aluminum 0.041217 0.0109076 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
296 - Antimony 0.00000046 0.00000023 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
298 - Arsenic 0.0000071 0.0000059 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
328 - Cadmium 0.00000011 0.00000003 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
329 - Calcium 0.082981 0.029525 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
347 - Chromium 0.0000423 0.0000149 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
380 - Copper 0.0000456 0.0000452 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
488 - Iron 0.0172273 0.0059955 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
520 - Lead 0.0000302 0.000015 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
525 - Magnesium 0.0029035 0.0012188 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
526 - Manganese 0.0003182 0.0000999 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
612 - Nickel 0.0000205 0.0000101 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
669 - Potassium 0.0143543 0.0018586 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
696 - Sodium 0.0042284 0.0008957 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
715 - Titanium 0.0018434 0.0005437 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation
767 - Vanadium 0.0000434 0.0000133 AAS atomic absorption spectrometry standard deviation
778 - Zinc 0.000033 0.0000115 ICP-OES (AES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical (Atomic) Emission Spectrometer standard deviation