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Mobility Assessment of Heavy Metals with Seasonal Variation in an Industrial Region of Chhattisgarh


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1 Department of Civil Engineering, SSTC, Bhilai, India
2 Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India
 

Heavy metals are a source of pollution affecting the whole environment. The concentration of heavy metals in a soil sample, collected from an adjoining area of steel slag dump yard, Bhilai, was investigated for pre and post monsoon seasons, up to a depth of one meter. Concentration profiles of selected metals are presented with the distances and depths to assess the migration. The Mn has transported from soils in pre-monsoon (7.763 mg/kg) and been retained in higher concentration (9.08 mg/kg) in post-monsoon, at moderate depths (0.5 m). The metal mobility order in the pre-monsoon was Mn>Cr>Fe>Pb>Zn; while for the post-monsoon the order was Mn>Cr>Fe>Zn>Pb. The distance and vertical mobility of selected metals were higher in post-monsoon.

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Heavy Metals, Soil, Mobility, Industrial Pollution.
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Authors

Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Department of Civil Engineering, SSTC, Bhilai, India
Samir Bajpai
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India
Umesh Kumar Dewangan
Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India

Abstract


Heavy metals are a source of pollution affecting the whole environment. The concentration of heavy metals in a soil sample, collected from an adjoining area of steel slag dump yard, Bhilai, was investigated for pre and post monsoon seasons, up to a depth of one meter. Concentration profiles of selected metals are presented with the distances and depths to assess the migration. The Mn has transported from soils in pre-monsoon (7.763 mg/kg) and been retained in higher concentration (9.08 mg/kg) in post-monsoon, at moderate depths (0.5 m). The metal mobility order in the pre-monsoon was Mn>Cr>Fe>Pb>Zn; while for the post-monsoon the order was Mn>Cr>Fe>Zn>Pb. The distance and vertical mobility of selected metals were higher in post-monsoon.

Keywords


Heavy Metals, Soil, Mobility, Industrial Pollution.

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