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Metal Content in Textile and (Nano)Textile Products

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  • Iria Rujido-Santos

    (The Group of Trace Element, Spectroscopy, and Speciation (GETEE), Institute of Materials iMATUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition, and Bromatology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida das Ciencias, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

  • Paloma Herbello-Hermelo

    (The Group of Trace Element, Spectroscopy, and Speciation (GETEE), Institute of Materials iMATUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition, and Bromatology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida das Ciencias, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

  • María Carmen Barciela-Alonso

    (The Group of Trace Element, Spectroscopy, and Speciation (GETEE), Institute of Materials iMATUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition, and Bromatology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida das Ciencias, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

  • Pilar Bermejo-Barrera

    (The Group of Trace Element, Spectroscopy, and Speciation (GETEE), Institute of Materials iMATUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition, and Bromatology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida das Ciencias, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

  • Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro

    (The Group of Trace Element, Spectroscopy, and Speciation (GETEE), Institute of Materials iMATUS, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition, and Bromatology, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida das Ciencias, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Abstract

Metals, metallic compounds, and, recently, metallic nanoparticles appear in textiles due to impurities from raw materials, contamination during the manufacturing process, and/or their deliberate addition. However, the presence of lead, cadmium, chromium (VI), arsenic, mercury, and dioctyltin in textile products is regulated in Europe (Regulation 1907/2006). Metal determination in fabrics was performed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) after microwave-assisted acid digestion. The ICP-MS procedure has been successfully validated; relative standard deviations were up to 3% and analytical recoveries were within the 90–107% range. The developed method was applied to several commercial textiles, and special attention has been focused on textiles with nanofinishing (fabrics prepared with metallic nanoparticles for providing certain functionalities). Arsenic content (in textile T4) and lead content (in subsamples T1-1, T1-2, and T3-3) were found to exceed the maximum limits established by the European Regulation 1907/2006. Although impregnation of yarns with mercury compounds is not allowed, mercury was quantified in fabrics T1-2, T5, and T6. Further speciation studies for determining hexavalent chromium species in sample T9 are necessary (hexavalent chromium is the only species of chromium regulated). Some textile products commercialised in Europe included in this study do not comply with European regulation 1907/2006.

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  • Iria Rujido-Santos & Paloma Herbello-Hermelo & María Carmen Barciela-Alonso & Pilar Bermejo-Barrera & Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro, 2022. "Metal Content in Textile and (Nano)Textile Products," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:944-:d:725333
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    1. Marcelina Bury & Tadeusz Dziok & Karel Borovec & Piotr Burmistrz, 2023. "Influence of RDF Composition on Mercury Release during Thermal Pretreatment," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-13, January.

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