X-ray Fluorescent Method of Heavy Metals Detection in Soils of Mining and Chemical Enterprises

This work reports on using X-ray fluorescent method to detect heavy metals in soils of Rozdil State Mining and Chemical Enterprise Sirka, which is included in a list of the top 100 companies for causing environmental pollution in Ukraine. This work has established qualitative and quantitative composition of chemical elements in the soils near to flotation tailings using the X-ray fluorescent analyzer. The metal content was defined in soils near flotation tailings, including: - Zinc, Arsenic (Class 1, high risk). - Nickel, Copper, Chrome, Manganese (Class 2, moderate risk). - Iron, Strontium (Class 3, low risk). As a result of laboratory tests it was found that with increasing distance from the pollutants the amount of heavy metals in the soil decreases. Beginning from a distance of 10 m and more have disappeared in the soil pollutants such as Stannum, Barium and Niobium and other pollutants.