Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

Heavy metals characteristics of settled particles during dust storms in Basrah city–Iraq

Mohanad Hamid Al Jaberi

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The collected dust storms samples were from Basrah city– south Iraq. The heavy metals with the dust storms were studied and it used as indicator for pollution byused three of main indices; geo– accumulation (I– geo), contamination factor (CF), and pollution load index (PLI).The higher concentrations of Co, Zn, Pb, and Ni in Harthah, Qarmmat Ali, Ashar, Fao, and Umm Qasir areas may be as a result to effect of urbanization and industrial processes problems that represented byemission of factory chimneys , household electric power generator, motor vehicle fuel combustionand Impacts of waste flå associated gas from oil drilling sites. I–geo for Co, Zn, Pb, and Ni in the studied sites shows relatively values of class 1, which indicated the slightly polluted, while I–geo for Fe and Cu shows relatively values of class 0, which indicated no pollution. The contamination factor for Co, Zn, Pb, and Ni classified as class 2, which indicator to moderately contamination, while the contamination factor for Fe and Cu classified as class 1, which indicator for low contamination. PLI values in the all of studied sites classified as class 2 (Deterioration on site quality) indicating local pollution, except in Qurnah ( S2 and S3) and Abu Al Khassib (S14 and S15) , that show the range of PLI values between 0.91 to 0.97 which indicate denote perfection with (class 0) and appear no pollution .

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Mohanad Hamid Al-Jaberi Heavy metals characteristics of settled particles during dust storms in Basrah city- Iraq International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 10 October 2014

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