Development of an automatic system for in situ analysis of soil using a handheld Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF)
- The project “Intelligence for Soil” (I4S) aims at the design of an integrated system for improvement of soil functions and fertilizer recommendations. This system is composed by different sensors that will provide a detailed assessment of soil properties and processes, which are prerequisites for a site-specific, resource-saving and ecofriendly soil management, considering the soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy. One of these sensors will be an energy-dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer. It is a non-destructive technique suitable for in-situ measurements due to a minimum sample preparation and it allows fast multielement analyses. In this work, an automatic system has been developed using a handheld equipment from Olympus (Vanta C series). A polypropylene (PP) film was used to protect the measuring window of the device from dust and possible cross-contamination. To control the stepper motor that unrolls the PP film, a microcontroller was used to ensure that a pieceThe project “Intelligence for Soil” (I4S) aims at the design of an integrated system for improvement of soil functions and fertilizer recommendations. This system is composed by different sensors that will provide a detailed assessment of soil properties and processes, which are prerequisites for a site-specific, resource-saving and ecofriendly soil management, considering the soil as a sustainable resource for the bioeconomy. One of these sensors will be an energy-dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer. It is a non-destructive technique suitable for in-situ measurements due to a minimum sample preparation and it allows fast multielement analyses. In this work, an automatic system has been developed using a handheld equipment from Olympus (Vanta C series). A polypropylene (PP) film was used to protect the measuring window of the device from dust and possible cross-contamination. To control the stepper motor that unrolls the PP film, a microcontroller was used to ensure that a piece of clean PP is in front of the measuring window for each new analysis.
Preliminary calibration studies using pre-defined methods, Geochem and Soil Methods, were performed with the following Certified Reference Materials (CRMs): NRC Till 1-3, NIST 2710, BAM U110, ERM CC141, BCR 142R, IAEA Soil 7. The CRMs were measured 10 times at different spots. The spot size was 10 mm in diameter, irradiation time was 60 ? s. The averaged data from X ray characteristic emission line intensities for Al, P, Si, Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Ni Kα were in close agreement with certified mass fraction data. The linear correlation coefficients (r) ranged from 0.852 for P to 0.999 for Mn. A second round of calibration studies were performed with the following CRMs: GBW07402, GBW 07405, NCS DC 73023, NCS DC 73030, NCS DC 85109, NCS DC 87104, NIST 1646a, NIST 2704, NIST 2710, NRC Till 1-3, VS 2498-83, and the same pre-defined methods and experimental parameters were employed. The results of the 13 CRMs were now compared with the values obtained by a validated WDXRF method. The linear correlation coefficients (r) ranged from 0.998 for Ca to 0.999 for Zn. Other elements such as S, K and Ti can also be properly determined, but validation still requires more robust calibration models.
Further calibration studies will be performed in order to circumvent matrix effects and to guarantee reliable results. Besides that, the automatic system will be placed on a mobile sensor platform and the system will be tested in the field. A guidance for on site-specific fertilization integrating the results obtained from different sensors placed on the platform is expected.…
Autor*innen: | Andressa Adame |
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Weitere Person: | Markus OstermannORCiD |
Dokumenttyp: | Posterpräsentation |
Veröffentlichungsform: | Präsentation |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2020 |
Organisationseinheit der BAM: | 1 Analytische Chemie; Referenzmaterialien |
1 Analytische Chemie; Referenzmaterialien / 1.4 Prozessanalytik | |
DDC-Klassifikation: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Ingenieurwissenschaften / Sanitär- und Kommunaltechnik; Umwelttechnik |
Freie Schlagwörter: | Boden; Röntgenfluoreszenz Soil; XRF |
Themenfelder/Aktivitätsfelder der BAM: | Umwelt |
Umwelt / Circular Economy | |
Veranstaltung: | 16. Kolloquium Prozessanalytik |
Veranstaltungsort: | Online Meeting |
Beginndatum der Veranstaltung: | 23.11.2020 |
Enddatum der Veranstaltung: | 25.11.2020 |
Verfügbarkeit des Dokuments: | Datei im Netzwerk der BAM verfügbar ("Closed Access") |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 09.12.2020 |
Referierte Publikation: | Nein |