Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in municipal waste ashes from three waste dumps in lagos, Nigeria

O.S. Amuda; F.E. Adelowo-Imeokparia

doi:10.4314/bcse.v21i1.61402

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10.4314/bcse.v21i1.61402

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) Ashes Waste dumps Lagos – Nigeria

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2007)

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O.S. Amuda

Environmental/Analytical Chemistry Unit, Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, 210001, Nigeria

F.E. Adelowo-Imeokparia

Environmental/Analytical Chemistry Unit, Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, 210001, Nigeria

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The levels of isolated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in ash residues of wastes from some major waste dumps in Lagos, Nigeria, were determined. The total amounts of the PAH in the ashes were in the range of 0.06 – 0.4 mg/g. The ash from the waste dump that contains the highest level also displayed greatest variety of PAH.

KEY WORDS: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), Ashes; Waste dumps; Lagos – Nigeria

Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2007, 21(1), 141-144.

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia
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