Assessment of Heavy Metals Concentration in Swampy Agricultural Soil of Nasarawa West, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Abdullahi, Abbas Auta | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ibrahim, Umar | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abubakar, Abdullahi Mundi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mustapha, Mohammed Idris | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sarki, Usman Musa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-14T08:01:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-14T08:01:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-01-18 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim: This research was carried out to investigate the concentration of heavy metals in swampy agricultural soil of Nasarawa west, Nigeria. Study Design: To compare the swampy soil heavy metal concentrations with regulatory standard or allowable values by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other National and International standards. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University Keffi between January, 2018 and October, 2018. Methodology: Ten soil samples from each of thefive sampling locations (Karu, Keffi, Kokona, Nasarawa, and Toto) were randomly collected. A total of fifty (50) soil sampleswere collected within the period of one week. The collected samples were stored in polyethylene bag and labeled properly and taken to the Center for Energy Research and Development (CERD) at Obafemi Awolowo University Ile- ife Osun State, Nigeria. At CERD, elemental analysis was carried out for the fifty sample using X- ray fluorescent spectrometry analyzer. Results: The range of mean concentration of Zn, As, Cd, Pb, Fe, Ni, and Cu (in KR, KF, KK, NS, and TT locations) are 243.60- 502.80 mg/kg, 7.40- 37.00mg/kg, 260.90- 524.50 mg/kg, 167.80 336.60 mg/kg, 20222.90- 58170.50 mg/kg, 342.20- 555.10 mg/kg, and 266.60- 515.90 mg/kg respectively. The average mean of all the sample locations are found to be higher than the WHO allowable concentration limits of As (20 mg/kg), Pb (100 mg/kg), Cd (3 mg/kg), Zn (300 mg/kg), Fe (n.a), Ni (50 mg/kg), and Cu (100 mg/kg)respectively. There is high concentration Zn, As, Cd, Pb, Fe, Ni, and Cu in the swampy soil. Conclusion: The results indicates that the swampy agricultural soils of Nasarawa west (Karu, Keffi, Kokona, Nasarawa, and Toto) are contaminated with toxic metals (Zn, As, Cd, Pb, Fe, Ni, and Cu). | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/6106 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University Keffi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Heavy metals; XRF spectrometry analysis; and swampy agricultural soil. | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Heavy Metals Concentration in Swampy Agricultural Soil of Nasarawa West, Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |