Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS

International reference materials were employed to investigate the efficacy of ICP-MS for determination of selenium in rocks. Results indicate that significant inaccuracies may occur in the reported Se content of rocks, particularly those containing high Fe and Al, using routine procedures employed...

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Main Author: Rajabian Tabesh, Donya
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/118
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description International reference materials were employed to investigate the efficacy of ICP-MS for determination of selenium in rocks. Results indicate that significant inaccuracies may occur in the reported Se content of rocks, particularly those containing high Fe and Al, using routine procedures employed by commercial laboratories in trace element analysis. Analysis of waste rocks from three Pilbara iron ore mines revealed significant potential sources of selenium contamination with lignite and carbonaceous shales particularly enriched in selenium.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-1182017-02-20T06:41:07Z Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS Rajabian Tabesh, Donya International reference materials were employed to investigate the efficacy of ICP-MS for determination of selenium in rocks. Results indicate that significant inaccuracies may occur in the reported Se content of rocks, particularly those containing high Fe and Al, using routine procedures employed by commercial laboratories in trace element analysis. Analysis of waste rocks from three Pilbara iron ore mines revealed significant potential sources of selenium contamination with lignite and carbonaceous shales particularly enriched in selenium. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/118 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Rajabian Tabesh, Donya
Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS
title Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS
title_full Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS
title_fullStr Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS
title_full_unstemmed Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS
title_short Determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, Western Australia using ICP-MS
title_sort determination of the selenium contents of waste rocks of iron ore mining in the pilbara, western australia using icp-ms
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/118