Le Hong Khiem, Koichiro Sera, Takako Hosokawa, Le Dai Nam, Nguyen Huu Quyet, Marina Frontasyeva, Trinh Thi Thu My, Nguyen Thi Bao My, Inga Zinicovscaia, Nguyen The Nghia, Trinh Dinh Trung, Khuat Thi Hong, Nguyen Ngoc Mai, Duong Van Thang, Nguyen An Son, Tran Thien Thanh, Sonexay Xayheungsy
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry(2020)
Abstract:
For the rst time, the active moss biomonitoring technique has been used in Vietnam for investigation of atmospheric elemental contamination in the air of Hanoi region. The Sphagnum girgensohnii moss harvested in the clean area were used to produce the moss-bags.After 2 months of expose in 45 di erent sites in Hanoi area, the moss samples were prepared and the concentration of 27 heavy metal elements were determined by proton induced X-ray emission at Cyclotron Research Center of Iwate Medical University (Japan).The comparison of the obtained results with those in several cities in Europe shows that Hanoi’s air pollution of heavy metal is much more serious. Based on the values of contamination coe cient, it is shown that Hanoi’s air is extremely polluted by Co; seriously polluted by V and Se; moderately polluted by Cl, Cr, As, Br, Zr, Nb, Mo and Hg; slightly polluted by Mg, Al, Si, K, Ca, Ti, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ba, W and Pb Statistical analysis has been applied to the original concentration data of the detected elements to nd the possible pollution sources.
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