Journal
TALANTA
Volume 82, Issue 4, Pages 1254-1260Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.06.047
Keywords
Partial least squares; X-ray fluorescence; Estuarine sediments; Metals; Trace elements
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Funding
- BERRILUR 3 Strategic Research Project [IE09-242]
- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [AGL2007-64567, CTQ2008-05719/BQU]
- UPV/EHU
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The feasibility of partial least squares (PLS) regression modeling of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectra of estuarine sediments has been evaluated as a tool for rapid trace element content monitoring. Multivariate PLS calibration models were developed to predict the concentration of Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, V and Zn in sediments collected from different locations across the estuary of the Nerbioi-Ibaizabal River (Metropolitan Bilbao, Bay of Biscay, Basque Country). The study was carried out on a set of 116 sediment samples, previously lyophilized and sieved with a particle size lower than 63 mu m. Sample reference data were obtained by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. 34 samples were selected for building PLS models through a hierarchical cluster analysis. The remaining 82 samples were used as a test set to validate the models. Results obtained in the present study involved relative root mean square errors of prediction varying from 21%, for the determination of Pb at hundreds mu g g(-1) level, up to 87%, for Ni determination at little tens mu g g(-1) level. An average prediction error of +/- 37% for the 14 elements under study was obtained, being in all cases mean differences between predicted and reference results of the same order than the standard deviation of three replicates from a same sample. Residual predictive deviation values obtained ranged from 1.1 to 3.9. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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