Distribution of Some Elements in the Egyptian Black Sands from Abu Khashaba Beach Area

H. H. Mahmoud, A. M. Abdel-Lateef, A. M. Attiah

Central Laboratory for Elemental and Isotopic Analysis, Nuclear Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Central Laboratory for Elemental and Isotopic Analysis, Nuclear Research Center, Cairo, Egypt; Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Human Studies, Shaqra University, Shaqra, KSA..

DOI: 10.4236/jasmi.2013.31007                

Abstract

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) technique was used to determine the concentrations of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), Chromium (Cr), Manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), zirconium (Zr), cadmium (Cd) and hafnium (Hf) in black sands samples. 18 black sands samples were collected from the Mediterranean coast-Abu Khashabou Rosetta area, Egypt. Alkaline fusion procedure using mixture of Li-meta borate and tetra borate was used for the digestion of black sands samples. The average concentrations of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn, As, Zr, Cd and Hf were 435.06 ppm, 322.32 ppm, 2515.03 ppm, 596.45 ppm, 185894 ppm, 249.95 ppm,309.32 ppm, 1077.26 ppm, 33.56 ppm and 3520.32 ppm, respectively. The procedure was tested with Basalt Hawaiian Volcanic Observatory (BHVO-2) standard reference material.

Keywords

Alkaline Fusion; Black Sand; ICP-MS; Rosetta Branch

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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