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Impact of Monsoon Season on the Mobility of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soil near the Highway in Allahabad

Author(s):

Prabhakar Singh , Department of Environmental Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Sciences Allahabad 211 007, (U.P.), India; Tarence Thomas, Department of soil Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Sciences Allahabad 211 007, (U.P.), India; Saurabh Upadhyay, Department of Environmental Science, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology & Sciences Allahabad 211 007, (U.P.), India

Keywords:

Heavy Metals, NH-2, Monsoon Season, Pollution, Soil Depth and Agricultural Soil

Abstract

Impact of monsoon season on the mobility of different heavy metals e.g. Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni and Zn in agricultural soil near the national highway of Allahabad, India, has been observed in pre and post monsoon season. Soil samples were collected during pre and post monsoon season at different depths 0-15cm & 15-30cm adjacent NH-2 were treated and digested by di- acid method. The toxic metals were analyzed on Perkin-Elmer Analyst 400 Atomic Absorption spectroscopy (AAS). This study aimed at understanding the mobility of toxic metals in soils during pre and post monsoon season. The contents of toxic metals in soil samples were 1.48-2.68 mgkg-1 and 1.36-2.50 mgkg-1 for Pb, 0.20-0.06 mgkg-1 and 0.15-0.07 mgkg-1 for Cd, 0.52-0.85 mgkg-1 and 0.44-0.77 mgkg-1 for Cr, 0.83-1.65 mgkg-1 and 0.72-1.33 mgkg-1 for Ni, 7.69-12.83 mgkg-1 and 7.32-12.20 mgkg-1 for Zn during pre and post monsoon season respectively all the metals.

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Paper ID: IJSRDV5I60205
Published in: Volume : 5, Issue : 6
Publication Date: 01/09/2017
Page(s): 933-936

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