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Comparative Chromatography Metal Cations from Remote Sensing High-Powered Rocketry

Dan Hawk - 2007
Great Midwest Space Conference

ABSTRACT

Pollution has carried heavy metals to the boreal forests.  
Forest fires emit gaseous mmercury.  
Rocketry can be used as a remote sensing vehicle.

Methods & Discussion

Dithizone, Morin, PAN, and Alizarin reagents offer inexpensive, convenient qualitative analysis of heavy metals. Rocket acceleration forces air into filtration system. Acetone -25% HNO3 is used for elution, and then sprayed with reagents. Sample results are shown below.

Rocket could be used before, during, and after a forest fire or any time monitorying of atmospheric heavy metals is desired.