CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FILAMENTOUS ALGAE OF THE SEMIPALATINSK REGION BY

Abstract

This article focuses on the following stages of the study the filamentous algae of the Semey (former Semipalatinsk) region: procurement of plant raw materials, diagnosis of their type, sampling technique of the test material for analysis, and detection of micro- and macro-elements by inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry (ICP-MS) and the photometric method. The qualitative composition of the algae was determined by microchemical analysis based on the characteristic shape and color of salt crystals, which were seen under a microscope. The quantitative composition of the algae was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry and photometry after wet and dry digestion.