Distribution of Mercury in Soil, Water, and Vegetable Fern in a Former Gold Mining Area – Evidence from Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia

• Autorzy: Nisah Khairun , Muslem Muslem , Ashari Tengku Muhammad , Afkar Majral , Iqhrammullah Muhammad

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/150684

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The mercury contamination associated with the former intense illegal gold mining activities is suspected in the watershed of Krueng Cot Satu, Nagan Raya Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mercury contamination residue in the water, soil, and vegetable fern (Pityrogramma calometanos (L)) The samples were collected from locations in the already closed artisanal gold mining sites. The sampling locations were purposively determined by considering their closeness to the previous gold mining activities sites. The content of mercury was analyzed using flow injection for atomic spectroscopy – atomic absorption spectroscopy. The method used was validated by linearity, Limit of Detection (LoD), Limit of Quantification (LoQ), Relative Standard Deviation (RSD), and recovery. The validation test showed that this method is well linear, sensitive, accurate, and precise with a correlation coefficient, LoD, LoQ, RSD and recovery of 0.9999, 0.0477 μg/L, 0.1447 μg/L, 2.96% and 95–105%, respectively. Herein, it was found that the concentrations of mercury contents in the water samples were below the detectable range. However, a high range of mercury concentration of 0.236 – 0.328 μg/g was found in soil, with the highest concentration obtained in the sample collected from the riverbank. The fern sample collected near the riverbank contained mercury in all its parts and concentrated in the root (0.408 μg/g in the leaves, 0.276 μg/g – stalks, and 9.994 μg/g – roots). Meanwhile, the absence of mercury contamination was obtained in the leaves and stalks of the fern samples collected far from the riverbank. The roots, however, were detected with mercury contamination with the highest concentration reaching 27.660 μg/g. Despite its disappearance in the water, mercury contamination residue from the former artisanal gold mining activities still could be traced in the soil and heavy metal accumulating plant – P. calometanos (L).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Aceh; artisanal gold mining; mercury; fern; Pityrogramma calometanos

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 8
• Strony: 30--39
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 47 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Nisah Khairun

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

autor

Muslem Muslem

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

autor

Ashari Tengku Muhammad

• Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

autor

Afkar Majral

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

autor

Iqhrammullah Muhammad

• Graduate School of Mathematics and Applied Sciences, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh 23111, Indonesia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-7088

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