NDLI: X-Ray diffraction spectrometric analysis of nickel refinery aerosols, process materials and particulates isolated from worker lung tissues

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Svenes, Knut Andersen, I.
Copyright Year	2003
Abstract	Results are reported of X-ray diffraction analysis of extracts derived from lungs of two nickel refinery workers and of three stationary air samples collected inside a nickel refinery. Since environmental samples from the 1950s and 1960s do not exist, two archived production control samples from that period were also analyzed. Because nickel has been found in respiratory tissue of workers retired for more than twenty years, it was likely that the residual nickel compounds must be rather insoluble. Preliminary surveys showed that sulfur was not present in the lung tissue deposits and thus water-soluble and sulfidic nickel were therefore extracted from the ten process samples before the X-ray analysis. A common compound that was found in all 10 samples was trevorite. This is a spinel-type mineral, much like magnetite where the divalent iron is replaced by nickel. It may be formed when trivalent iron reacts with nickel at 1100 °C. It has magnetic properties and is very insoluble. Samples from the lungs were obtained by burning off the organic tissue at 630 °C. Due to a relatively high detection limit for the X-ray diffraction technique, we were initially not able to detect any mineral nickel compound. But when particles extracted with a magnet were analyzed, a very clear diffraction pattern of trevorite was identified. The main residue after the magnetic separation had a low concentration of nickel (4 µg g−1), which suggests that trevorite was the dominating, if not the only, nickel compound present. In addition, chemical analyses were performed on 13 tissue samples from one single lung; one from each main bronchus, two from each lobe, and an additional one from the lower right lobe. Statistical testing showed a highly significant correlation between the five elements determined: Ni, Co, Cu, Fe and Cr. This suggests that these metals are isomorphous and substitute for each other in the mineral structure. These results may indicate that the nickel left in the lungs some years after exposure is trevorite, and may be biologically inert. However, further speciation of nickel compounds in the lungs seems warranted, and trevorite should be tested for its potential toxic effects.
Starting Page	202
Ending Page	205
Page Count	4
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ISSN	14640325
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	2
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
DOI	10.1039/b212809h
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Cu X-ray crystallography Nickel Sulfur Lung Trevorite Mineral Magnetite Diffraction Bronchus Speciation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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