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The Studies on the Mobility of some Heavy Metals in a Sub-urban Soil of Aligarh, U.P., India amended with an Electroplating Factory Effluent

Author Affiliations

  • 1 Applied Science Department, B T K Institute of Technology, Dwarahat, 263653, Uttarakhand, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Environment Sci., Volume 4, Issue (10), Pages 10-15, October,22 (2015)

Abstract

The influence of an electroplating factory effluent was studied on the mobility of Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn in a fine sandy loam soil. The technique used in these investigations was soil thin layer Chromatography (soil TLC) which is a fast, accurate, precise and repeatable method to study the metals and pesticide mobility in soil. The factory effluent was taken from the outlet of the Morris Bajaj Electroplating Factory, Aligarh and five dilutions 10 to 50% were prepared with distilled water and mixed with soil samples to make the soil TLC plate. The movement of these metals in soil was found to follow the order: Cd >Cu>Cr>Pb>Ni>Zn. The amendment made in the soil with effluent did not change the order of but enhances the mobility from 12 to 27% except for the Cu and Zn which show decreased mobility. The effect of amendment was also observed in soil samples with decomposed Soil Organic Matter, and added sesquioxide and indigenous clay minerals. The results were explained with the help of their competitive adsorption-desorption and complexation of heavy metal with the soil colloids.

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