The current resettlement of Nekede Auto-Mechanic village by Imo State government of Nigeria created a sparse piece of land awaiting government utilization. Risk assessment was carried out on the land using existing boreholes and soil to determine land utilization potential. Analy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2018/43281
Certain adsorptive mechanisms and interactions often exist within linearized kinetic functions which are largely unreported. A novel inverse saturation modeling was applied to evaluate the adsorptive behavior of super-saturation, saturation, and desorptive processes on linear kin...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2018/39700
The phytoextraction and risk assessment synergy of Arachis hypogea (groundnut), Zea maize (Corn) and Citrullus colocynthis L. (Melon) was investigated at a mining area contaminated with Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn heavy metals. The metal concentrations in plant matter and soil were determi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/43349
Non-parametric tests were applied for the first time to coated mobile card waste in order to determine the correlation within risk assessment and instrumentation. The AAS concentrations of all the metals were higher than their XRF concentrations except in Al and Ag metals. Cr had...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2017/37258
Aims: An investigation of characteristic long term air pollutants known for temporal and spatial behaviors was conducted due to increased pollution scenarios in Nigerian cities as a result of deprived environmental enforcement of statutory obligations. Study Design: One of the wo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2020/v6i330160
Aim: Insufficient data on atmospheric pollution research exists in Lagos-suburban areas, and in some cases, studies are yet to be carried out. The aim is to study criteria pollutants seasonal characteristics, suspended particulate matter, and particulate heavy metal concentration...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2022/v17i230283
The seasonal variation of heavy metal contamination levels in Aba River of Abia State in Nigeria was investigated using Eichhornia crassipies. Routine sampling was performed on bi-monthly bases to cover the Nigerian Rainy season and Harmattan season. Iron (Fe) showed more abundan...
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Research Article10.9734/CJAST/2017/34436