20 research outputs found
Speciation of Chromium in Natural Waters, Tea, and Soil with Membrane Filtration Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Integrated risk assessment of potentially toxic elements and particle pollution in urban road dust of megacity of Pakistan
An Improved Semiquantitative Method for Elemental Analysis of Plants Using Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Determination of cobalt, nickel and iron at trace level in natural water samples by in-column chelation-reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography
Levels of major and trace elements in fennel (Foeniculum vulgari Mill.) fruits cultivated in Ethiopia
Dispersed Solidified Fine Droplets Based on Sonication of a Low Melting Point Deep Eutectic Solvent: a Novel Concept for Fast and Efficient Determination of Cr(VI) in Urine Samples
Multivariate statistical design optimization for ultrasonic-assisted restricted access supramolecular solvent-based liquid phase microextraction of quercetin in food samples
Enrichment pattern of leachable trace metals in roadside soils of Miri City, Eastern Malaysia
This article presents the results on distribution and enrichment pattern of acid-leachable trace metals (ALTMs) from roadside soil of Miri city, Sarawak, East Malaysia. The city is one of the fastest developing in the Malaysian region with huge petroleum resources. ALTMs Fe, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Co, Pb, Zn and Cd along with organic carbon and carbonates (CaCO3) were analyzed in 37 soil sediments collected from roadside. The enrichment of ALTMs [especially Cu (0.4-13.1 µg g-1), Zn (9.3-70.7 µg g-1), Pb (13.8-99.1 µg g-1)] in the roadside soils indicate that these metals are mainly derived from sources related to traffic exhausts, forest fires and oil refineries. The comparative study and enrichment pattern of elements indicates that Mn, Cu, Zn and Pb are enriched multi-fold than the unpolluted soil and Ni, Pb, Cd in some samples compared to Sediment Quality Guidelines like Lowest Effect Level (LEL) and Effects Range Low (ERL) in the region which is mainly due to the recent industrial developments in the region. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg