Volume 2, Issue 2, 2018

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The boreholes and well water from Kakuri, Makera were digested using wet digestion technique and the heavy metal concentration were analysed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS). The element analyzed are; copper, zinc, lead, iron and nickel. The concentrations of heavy metals analyzed in this research work were all higher than those obtained in the control site (Mando). This is due to the industrial, human and domestic activities which are higher in the study sites than the control site.

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ANALYSIS

Determination of some heavy metals in borehole and well water from selected industrial areas of Kaduna metropolis

Mahmud Mohammed Imam, Ibrahim L Kankara, Yagana Abba

The boreholes and well water from Kakuri, Makera were digested using wet digestion technique and the heavy metal concentration were analysed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS). The element analyzed are; copper, zinc, lead, iron and nickel. The concentrations of heavy metals analyzed in this research work were all higher than those obtained in the control site (Mando).

International journal of adulteration, 2018; 2: e1ijad3006

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