The invention relates to a method for using an atomic absorption spectrometry to detect the
chromium ion content in the soil. The method has the specific steps that: firstly, the invention establishes a
chromium standard concentration-
absorbance curve, then, the soil sample is added with the
distilled water for moisturization, after that, the concentrated
sulfuric acid and the concentrated
phosphoric acid are used for
digestion, the heating is carried out till the soil sample emits the white
smoke, then the concentrated
nitric acid is added till a large amount of white
smoke comes out and the soil sample turns white, and the
digestion liquid turns yellow green; the
digestion liquid is transferred to a standard
volumetric flask, the pH value is regulated to 7, 1 percent of H2SO4 - 1 percent of Na2SO4 solution is added for
dilution to a standard scale, the mixture is shaken evenly and placed still till the solution is clarified, the upper layer of clear solution is taken for the measurement of the
absorbance under a
wavelength of 213.9nm, and the
chromium ion content in the soil sample can be obtained by comparison with the established
standard curve in the step a. The measurement error of the chromium
ion content in the soil sample which is measured by the method of the invention is within 3 percent.