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Trace Element Analysis of Scots Pine and Norway Spruce Needles by Energy‐Dispersive X‐Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
Author(s) -
Boman J.,
Larsson C.,
Olsson M.,
Raitio H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4539(199603)25:2<89::aid-xrs146>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - scots pine , trace element , x ray fluorescence , fluorescence spectrometry , mass spectrometry , analytical chemistry (journal) , tree (set theory) , picea abies , life span , pinus <genus> , chemistry , materials science , environmental science , environmental chemistry , chromatography , botany , fluorescence , mathematics , optics , physics , metallurgy , biology , evolutionary biology , mathematical analysis
In recent years a new type of injury has been found on spruce trees in the southern part of Sweden. It starts with a flow of resin from the stem of the tree and within a relatively short time span the area close to the origin of the resinous flow dies. A few years after the first appearance of the injury the whole tree normally dies. The reasons for this phenomenon are not accurately known. The EDXRF method for analysing needle samples without chemical pretreatment of the samples was used in order to investigate the usefulness of the method for studying possible trace element anomalies in the bleeding trees. The concentrations reported are compared with results given by other analytical methods. Results from some preliminary measurements made on bleeding spruces are also presented.