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Development of Extracting Solution for Soil Chemical Analysis Suitable to Integrated Ion-selective Micro-electrodes (집적형 이온선택성 미세전극 센서에 적합한 토양화학 분석용 침출액 종 개발)

  • Shin, Kook-Sik;Lim, Woo-Jin;Lee, Sang Eun;Lee, Jae Seon;Cha, Geun Sig
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.513-521
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    • 2009
  • The primary goal of this research was to develop an optimized analytical procedure for soil analysis based on ion-selective microelectrodes for agricultural purposes, which can perform on-site measurement of various ions in soil easily and rapidly. For the simple and rapid on-site diagnosis, an analysis of soil chemicals was performed employing a multicomponent-in-situ-extractant and an evaluation of ionselective microelectrodes were conducted through the regressive correlation method with a standard analytical approach widely employed in this area. Examination of sensor responses between various soil nutrient extractants revealed that 0.01M HCl and 1M LiCl provided the most ideal Nernstian response. However, 1M LiCl deteriorated the selective response for analytes due to high concentration (1M) of lithium cation. Thus, employing either 0.1M HCl as an extractant followed by 10 times dilution, or 0.01M HCl as an extractant without further dilution was chosen as the optimal extractant composition. A study of regressive correlation between results from ion-selective microelectrodes and those from the standard analytical procedure showed that analyses of $K^+$, $Na^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, and $NO_3{^-}$ showed the excellent consistency between two methods. However, the response for $NH_4{^+}$ suffered the severe interference from $K^+$. In addition, the selectivity for $Mg^{2+}$ over $Ca^{2+}$ was not sufficient enough since available ionophores developed so far do not provide such a high selectivity for $Mg^{2+}$. Therefore, as an agricultural on-site diagnostic instrument, the device in development requires further research on $NH_4{^+}$ analysis in the soil sample, development of $Mg^{2+}$-selective ionophore, and more detailed study focused on potassium, one of the most important plant nutrients.

Environmental Monitoring of Selected Veterinary Antibiotics in Soils, Sediments and Water Adjacent to a Poultry Manure Composting Facility in Gangwon Province, Korea (강원지역 계분 퇴비공장 인근 토양, 하천수 및 저질토의 항생물질 잔류특성 조사)

  • Lee, Hyeon-Yong;Lim, Jung-Eun;Kim, Sung-Chul;Kim, Kwon-Rae;Lee, Sang-Soo;Kwon, Oh-Kyung;Yang, Jae-E;Ok, Yong-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.278-286
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    • 2010
  • Veterinary antibiotics have been used to treat disease and to promote growth of livestock. However, the total amount of veterinary antibiotics in Korea was much greater than other developed countries, and there is a high potential to release residual of antibiotics to environment. Consequentially, released antibiotics into the environment produces antibiotic resistant bacteria and causes adverse effects on human health. The objective of this research was to monitor antibiotic concentration in the environment adjacent to facilities which compose chicken manure. Total of 10 antibiotics were selected based on the total amount of higher usage in Korea, and its residuals were measured from surface water, soil and sediment. The frequencies of detected antibiotics were ranged 31-92% from soil, 0-93% from water, and 33-93% from sediment. Generally, a higher frequency was observed in soil or sediment than water. Different ranges in concentration among 4 different antibiotic groups was found from not detected(N.D.) to 35.6 ${\mu}g/kg$ for soil, N.D. to 19.2 ${\mu}g/L$ for water and N.D. to 114.3 ${\mu}g/kg$ for sediment. Our findings suggest that solid phase such as soil and sediment is a critical component to be needed to conduct the environmental impact assessment of antibiotics.