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
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	—	—	—
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

nd: not detected; —: not examined.