TY - JOUR
T1 - Heavy metal contamination of surface soils in southern part of Bangladesh
AU - Latif, Shaikh Abdul
AU - Sharif, Shahrin
AU - Hossain, Syed Mohammod
AU - Islam, Mohammad Amirul
AU - Mehedi, Ibrahim Mustafa
AU - Sultana, Mahfusa Sharifa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Soil Science Society of Pakistan.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - To assess contamination levels of the heavy metals, concentrations of Sc, Cr, Fe, Co and Zn in surface soils at various locations of southern part of Bangladesh were determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) technique. In this study, concentrations of the Sc, Cr, Fe, Co and Zn elements in surface soil were found in the range of 2.56-16.7 μg/g, 12.9-112 μg/g, 6911-48642 μg/g, 2.59-22.7 μg/g and 37.7-322 μg/g, respectively. The measured concentrations were compared with average concentration of worldwide soil and observed that most of the samples contain much higher concentration of heavy metals except Cr and Fe. Analysis based on soil utilization type showed that the samples collected from roadside and residential area experienced much higher metal contamination than open area. A significant correlation was observed between Cr-Fe, Cr-Co, Cr-Sc, Fe-Co, Fe-Sc and Co-Sc.
AB - To assess contamination levels of the heavy metals, concentrations of Sc, Cr, Fe, Co and Zn in surface soils at various locations of southern part of Bangladesh were determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) technique. In this study, concentrations of the Sc, Cr, Fe, Co and Zn elements in surface soil were found in the range of 2.56-16.7 μg/g, 12.9-112 μg/g, 6911-48642 μg/g, 2.59-22.7 μg/g and 37.7-322 μg/g, respectively. The measured concentrations were compared with average concentration of worldwide soil and observed that most of the samples contain much higher concentration of heavy metals except Cr and Fe. Analysis based on soil utilization type showed that the samples collected from roadside and residential area experienced much higher metal contamination than open area. A significant correlation was observed between Cr-Fe, Cr-Co, Cr-Sc, Fe-Co, Fe-Sc and Co-Sc.
KW - Bangladesh
KW - INAA
KW - Metal contamination
KW - Research reactor
KW - Surface soil
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067969865&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.25252/SE/19/61505
DO - 10.25252/SE/19/61505
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067969865
SN - 2074-9546
VL - 38
SP - 112
EP - 118
JO - Soil and Environment
JF - Soil and Environment
IS - 1
ER -