Assessment of heavy metal pollution in roadside soils of Benghazi city in Libya

Authors

  • Rehab Alwrfaly
  • Nabil Bader
  • Mohamed Rahuma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37376/1570-000-032-005

Keywords:

Heavy metal Contamination; Roadside soils; Contamination factor; Pollution load index; Geoaccumulation index

Abstract

Assessment of heavy metal pollutants, Ni, Cu, Fe, and Pb was conducted in roadside soil in Benghazi city in Libya using contamination factor (CF), pollution load index (PLI) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo) methods. The metals have been detected by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. The city has been divided to four regions and the metal contamination levels have been calculated and compared

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Published

2022-09-13

How to Cite

Alwrfaly, R., Bader, N. ., & Rahuma, M. . (2022). Assessment of heavy metal pollution in roadside soils of Benghazi city in Libya. Global Libyan Journal, (32). https://doi.org/10.37376/1570-000-032-005

Issue

No. 32 (2017)

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