International Science Community Association Research Journal of Chemical Sciences 2231 - 606X 2 12 2012 December 18 Analysis of Cr in Dumpsite Soil Samples Using AAS and EDXRF Techniques 65 68 EN AliHuddin Ibrahim 1 School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Campuss, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seberang Perai Selatan, Penang, MALAYSIA Irvan Dahlan 2 School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campuss, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Seberang Perai Selatan, Penang, MALAYSIA Mohd NordinAdlan 3 ArezooFereidonian Dasti 4 Gupta Nirja 1 Department of Chemistry, Govt. V.Y.T. Autonomous College Durg, Chhattisgarh, INDIA Parmar Prachi 2 Pillai Ajai 3 Dharkar K.P. 1 Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Nagpur– 01, MS, INDIA Khamborkar A.K. 2 Department of Statistics, Sydenham College, Mumbai –20, MS, INDIA Kalambe A.B. 3 Ch L. 1 Department of Geology, Loyola Degree College, Pulivendla-516390, Kadapa District, AP, INDIA Department of Chemistry, Loyola Degree College, Pulivendla-516390, Kadapa District, AP, INDIA P.G. Department of Geology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Law College Square, Nagpur-40001, MS, INDIA raSekhar Reddy 2 Reddy K.V.Ramana 3 Sumedh K.Humane 4 Damodaram B. 5 Mary AnbarasiC. 1 PG Department of Chemistry, Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women, Periyakulam-625601, INDIA Susai Rajendran 2 Corrosion Research Centre, PG and Research Department of Chemistry, GTN Arts College, Dindigul-624005, INDIA Garole D.J. 1 Department of Organic Chemistry, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon-425 001, INDIA Sawant A.D. 2 The Institute of Science, 15, Madam Cama Road, Mumbai-400 032, INDIA FifaT.D. Bothon 1 Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche en Chimie Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey Calavi/Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, BENIN Eric Debiton 2 Laboratoire de chimie organique, UMR INSERM 990, Faculté de Pharmacie rue Montalembert, Clermont- Ferrand, FRANCE Hounnakpon Yedomonhan 3 Herbier National, Département de Botanique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, BENIN Félicien Avlessi 4 Jean-Claude Teulade 5 DominiqueC.K. Sohounhloue 6 Ambily Chandran 1 Research and Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, St. Thomas College, Pala-686574, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, INDIA KuriakoseSunny 2 Research and Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, St. George College, Aruvithura-686122, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, INDIA Mathew Tessymol 3 Amador-Hernández J. 1 Instituto de Química Aplicada, Universidad del Papaloapan, Circuito Central 200, 68301 Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, MÉXICO Velázquezzquez-Manzanares M. 2 Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad del Mar, Ciudad Universitaria S/N, 70902 Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, MÉXICO Enríquez-Rosado R. 3 Instituto de Hidrología, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, 69 000 Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, MÉXICO Cisneros-Cisneros C. 4 FatenZ. Mahmoud 1 Chemistry department, University College for Girls, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EGYPT HassanA. Ewais 1 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O Box.80203, Jeddah 21413, SAUDI ARABIA AbdullaM. Asiri 2 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef City, EGYPTE M.I.IsmailSalemA.Hameed Iqbal 3 AhmedA. Abdel-Khalek 4 Mohammed S.S. 1 Department of Applied Science, College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, NIGERIA Batu M.A. 2 Mohammed M.B. 3 > Research Paper 2012 9 11 2012 December 18 In this research, speciation analysis of dumpsite soils from Kurmin Mashi (KM), Narayi (NY) and Tudun Wada (TW) of Kaduna metropolis, Nigeria was carried out. A modified Tessier extraction procedure was employed for the analysis. The concentration of Cr in the samples was determined using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) techniques. The results revealed that KM dumpsite had the highest amount of Cr. From the ANOVA (P= 0.000 0.05), it was established that there is a significant difference in the total chromium content across the three locations. The results also showed that the metal was distributed between oxides, carbonate and carbonate/organically bound fractions and that acetic acid extracted the highest amount of Cr across the dumpsites. Similarly, the ANOVA (P = 0.020 0.05) indicated a significant difference in the Cr extracted using the three extraction media. Copyright@ International Science Community Association