Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 74, núm. 1, A060821, 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2022v74n1a060821

Parámetros magnéticos y concentración de metales pesados en polvo urbano de la Ciudad de México

Magnetic parameters and concentration of heavy metals in urban dust of Mexico City

Rubén Cejudo^1,*, Francisco Bautista², Avto Goguitchaichvili¹, Miguel A. Cervantes-Solano³

¹Laboratorio Universitario de Geofísica Ambiental, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, México.

²Laboratorio Universitario de Geofísica Ambiental, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, México.

³Escuela Nacional de Estudio Superiores Unidad Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro 8701, Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, México.

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How to cite this article:

Cejudo, R., Bautista, F., Goguitchaichvili, A., Cervantes-Solano, M. A., 2022, Parámetros magnéticos y concentración de metales pesados en polvo urbano de la Ciudad de México: Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, 74 (1), A060821. http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2022v74n1a060821

ABSTRACT

A combined magnetic and geochemical analysis was carried out to identify the relationship between magnetic parameters, concentration of major elements and heavy metals in urban dust of Mexico City. Here, we propose simple mathematical models that can estimate the concentration of elements in urban dust by means of magnetic parameters, as well as establish the degree of precision of each model. Magnetic threshold values are also proposed to identify samples with low, medium and high concentrations of elements. Urban dust from Mexico City showed a different concentration of essentially ferrimagnetic minerals and superparamagnetic particles. The concentration of the elements in the urban dust samples were: Al between 3,325 to 27,336 mg kg^-1; Cr between 17 to 117 mg kg^-1; Cu between 15 to 405 mg kg^-1; Fe between 653 to 39,217 mg kg^-1; Ni between 21 to 66 mg kg^{- 1}; Pb between 27 to 366 mg kg^-1; V between 11 to 52 mg kg^-1 and Zn between 102 to 537 mg kg^-1. The relationship between magnetic parameters and concentration of element is rather linear, showing positive Pearson correlation coefficients with values between 0.26 to 0.69. Magnetic threshold values were proposed to identify sites with relatively high accumulation of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn. These values for specific magnetic susceptibility are: Low < 2.86 µm³ kg^-1; Moderate: 2.86 to 3.46 µm³ kg^-1 and High > 3.46 µm³ kg^-1; and for remanent isothermal magnetization of saturation: Low < 38 mAm² kg^-1; Moderate: between 38 to 46 mAm² kg^-1 and High > 46 mAm² kg^-1. Mathematical models to estimate the concentration of elements showed effectiveness of about 60%.

Keywords: Pollution, Mexico City, Magnetic properties, major elements, heavy metals.