Research Article
Determination of Metal Contents of Various Fibers Used in Textile Industry by MP-AES
Table 5
Literature values of heavy metals (as mg kg−1) in textile fibers.
| Literature | Metals | Cotton | Polyester | Nylon | Viscose |
| Saracoglu et al., 2003 [5] | Fe | 0.44–4.49 | 0.23–28.90 | 3.42–29.90 | 1.99–4.41 | Cu | 0.26–0.78 | nd–0.36 | nd–0.48 | 0.26–11.20 | Ni | 0.20–0.70 | 0.29–3.63 | 0.76–3.63 | 0.30–1.68 | Pb | 0.28–0.30 | nd–0.76 | 0.31–3.76 | 0.40–0.80 | Zn | 0.40–5.00 | 0.90–4.70 | nd–0.90 | 2.40–3.00 |
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Doğan et al., 2002 [11] | Cu | 0.28–0.84 | 0.04–0.34 | 0.04–0.32 | 0.12–13.58 | Ni | 0.24–1.52 | 0.20–0.24 | 0.24–0.26 | 0.16–0.98 | Pb | 0.18–6.00 | 0.05–1.08 | 1.08–2.50 | 0.34–0.90 | Cr | 0.44–1.12 | nd–0.42 | nd | 0.22–0.90 | Zn | 0.42–2.16 | 0.92–4.04 | 0.14–0.92 | 1.48–3.46 | Co | 0.04–0.96 | 0.08–0.16 | 0.12–0.16 | 0.01–0.06 |
| Tuzen et al., 2008 [4] | Fe | 3.55–34.3 | — | — | — | Cu | 0.76–341 | — | — | — | Ni | 1.20–4.69 | — | — | — | Zn | 0.63–4.84 | — | — | — | Mn | 1.02–2.50 | — | — | — |
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Rezić and Steffan, 2007 [6] | Cu | 0.05–0.21 | 0.05 | — | 0.05–0.06 | Ni | 0.05–0.10 | 0.08 | — | 0.09–0.10 | Mn | 0.03–0.05 | 1.17–2.17 | — | 0.31–0.36 | Al | 0.11–0.17 | 0.27–0.29 | — | 0.21–0.29 |
| Present study | Cu | 1.96–4.40 | 1.93–2.16 | 1.92–2.36 | 2.03–2.26 | Pb | 1.23–1.83 | 0.75–1.52 | 0.65–0.95 | 0.55–0.76 | Cr | nd–0.11 | nd | nd | nd | Mn | 0.49–2.30 | 0.26–1.07 | 0.26–1.04 | 0.23–0.86 | Al | 2.27–7.43 | 1.07–3.85 | 0.99–3.37 | 2.06–9.65 |
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nd: not detected; —: not examined.
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