1. Chemometrics based on the mineral content as a tool for the assessment of the pollution of top soils.
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Simonović, Strahinja, Sejmanović, Dragana, Micić, Ružica, Arsić, Biljana, Pavlović, Aleksandra, Mitić, Snežana, Jokić, Anja, Valjarević, Aleksandar, and Micić, Aleksandar
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TRACE elements ,SOIL pollution ,CHEMOMETRICS ,MULTIPLE correspondence analysis (Statistics) - Abstract
This is the first research of this type which includes the wider area of Kosovo taking into account the mineral wealth. The concentrations of 20 elements: Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Se, Si, V, and Zn were determined using ICP-OES. The ranges of concentrations of toxic elements are lead (Pb) 0.044–14.98 g/kg, arsenic (As) 0.007–0.33 g/kg, cadmium (Cd) 0.004–0.044 g/kg, and chromium (Cr) 0.053–0.245 g/kg. The spatial distribution of toxic elements was described using distribution maps. Principal component and cluster analyses were performed to reveal grouping of samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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