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- Title
Solid-phase cadmium speciation in soil using L<sub>3</sub>-edge XANES spectroscopy with partial least-squares regression.
- Authors
Siebers, Nina; Kruse, Jens; Eckhardt, Kai-Uwe; Hu, Yongfeng; Leinweber, Peter
- Abstract
Cadmium (Cd) has a high toxicity and resolving its speciation in soil is challenging but essential for estimating the environmental risk. In this study partial least-square (PLS) regression was tested for its capability to deconvolute Cd L3-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectra of multi-compound mixtures. For this, a library of Cd reference compound spectra and a spectrum of a soil sample were acquired. A good coefficient of determination ( R2) of Cd compounds in mixtures was obtained for the PLS model using binary and ternary mixtures of various Cd reference compounds proving the validity of this approach. In order to describe complex systems like soil, multi-compound mixtures of a variety of Cd compounds must be included in the PLS model. The obtained PLS regression model was then applied to a highly Cd-contaminated soil revealing Cd3(PO4)2 (36.1%), Cd(NO3)2·4H2O (24.5%), Cd(OH)2 (21.7%), CdCO3 (17.1%) and CdCl2 (0.4%). These preliminary results proved that PLS regression is a promising approach for a direct determination of Cd speciation in the solid phase of a soil sample.
- Subjects
CADMIUM; SOIL composition; CADMIUM compounds; CHEMICAL speciation; X-ray absorption near edge structure; X-ray spectroscopy
- Publication
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 4, p579
- ISSN
0909-0495
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1107/S0909049512021371