Determination of major and trace elements in soil, plant and mushroom samples

To accumulate the fundamental data concerning the behaviors of major and trace elements in environment, an elemental analysis of samples in environment is being carried out. The samples to be tested are soils (agricultural land, green land, forest), plants (agricultural products, plants in forests), mushrooms and so on. As for each sample, approximately 50 elements have been analyzed using ICP-MS and ICP-AES. Using these data, differences by the kinds of soil, plants and mushrooms, as well as enrichment by organisms are being analyzed.