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Mercury Contamination Due to Thermometer Glass Solid Waste Dumping-A Preliminary Report


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1 Department of Chemistry, L.R.G. Government Arts College for Women, Tirupur (T.N.), India
2 Department of Zoology, Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tirupur (T.N.), India
3 Department of Chemistry, Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tirupur (T.N.), India
     

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There is a report on the Hg contamination due to the waste glass coated with mercury dumped by a thermometer factory at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Water samples from various zones of the lake located at Kodaikanal were subjected for the spectrophotometric method of Hg content. The results have disclosed that there is an elevated level of Hg. The data was analysed statistically and discussed with relation to the contamination of Hg.

Keywords

Hg Contamination, Hg Pollution from Thermometer Factory, Environmental Hg in Water Analysis.
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Authors

K. Parvathi
Department of Chemistry, L.R.G. Government Arts College for Women, Tirupur (T.N.), India
K. Jayaprakash
Department of Zoology, Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tirupur (T.N.), India
N. Sivakumar
Department of Chemistry, Chikkanna Government Arts College, Tirupur (T.N.), India

Abstract


There is a report on the Hg contamination due to the waste glass coated with mercury dumped by a thermometer factory at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Water samples from various zones of the lake located at Kodaikanal were subjected for the spectrophotometric method of Hg content. The results have disclosed that there is an elevated level of Hg. The data was analysed statistically and discussed with relation to the contamination of Hg.

Keywords


Hg Contamination, Hg Pollution from Thermometer Factory, Environmental Hg in Water Analysis.