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Heavy Metals Evaluationin Some Soils of Egypt by Using Pollution Indices and Chemical Fractionation Technique

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Adel S. El- Hassanin1, Magdy R. Samak1,Ahmed Taher A. Moustafa2, Akila S. Hamza*3 and Mohamed I. Kamel3
ยป doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.5.2024. 4687-4711

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Background:The present research work was carried out to evaluate the soil content of some heavy elements in El-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt, and its contaminates environmental risks through pollution application and technique of chemical fractionation. Materials and Methods:To fulfill these objectives, fifty soil samples were taken from surface soil a depth 0-30 cm to measure the concentration of Cd, Pb and Nimetals, and some soil characteristics on the other hand, pollution indices and fractionation technique were used . Results: Results exhibited a diversity variation in the content of heavy metals content in El-Fayoum district compared with Tamyahdistrict.The % distributions of heavy metals were occupied enclosed, 45%, 36%, and 21%, for cadmium, lead, and nickel, respectively. Also, several factors were used to evaluate the degree of soil pollution like I-geo Index which showed that nickel > lead > cadmium; also, Contamination Factor followed this order: nickel >cadmium >lead. Enrichment factor revealed following order: cadmium >lead>nickel, and the soil sequential extraction of heavy metal fractions indicated the following order: Cd (F2> F5 > F1 > F3 > F4), Ni (F4> F5 > F3 > F2 > F1), and Pb (F5 > F2 >F1 > F4>F3).

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