Calcium element quantification model using a portable X-ray fluorescence unit

A methodology is proposed to achieve an effective quantification of the element Calcium in soil samples, using a portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) equipment. The protocol began by preparing two ideal matrices using an increasing mass, measured on an analytical balance, of Calcium and Sodium Nitrate as binder. It is the Gravimetric technique. In both samples the fluorescent emission line of the element Calcium was calibrated using an standard reference material 1400 boneash. The validation of ideal samples of the element Calcium using the XRF technique with respect to AAS as an experimental standard, using linear correlation methods, to estimate from statistical inference the real concentration of the analyte, allowed us to appreciate that both approaches remain above the standard curve provided by AAS, with a value of 1.8 and 1.68, respectively. Which means that the tendency to evaluate Calcium samples by XRF are overestimated with respect to the curve provided by AAS. Since the last correlation coefficient is very close to 1.0 and its statistical inference equation is precisely known, the authors of this work propose to apply quantification protocol to real sediment samples. • A methodology is proposed to achieve an effective quantification of the element Calcium in soil samples, using a portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) equipment; • The validation of ideal samples of the element Calcium using the XRF technique with respect to AAS as an experimental standard, using linear correlation methods; • This work pretend to resolve another weakness by the portable system and is that the number of accounts provided by conventional XRF are not consistent with a% w/w of analyte.