Monitoring of Copper, Lead and Nickel in Soil at Bemban Industrial Estate

• Main Author: Kamisan, Mohamad Hafiz
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS 2013
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13800/1/13125-SEPTEMBER%202013.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/13800/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The presence of heavy metal in soil of industrial activities can result in risk to the human health. The exposure of high concentration heavy metals can lead to skin and breathing problem as much as other high risk diseases. Industrial activities around Bemban Industrial Estate has become a major source of heavy metal release to the environment in that area. The heavy metals being studied, lead (Pb), nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) are suggested to be high in the area. This is because, these metals have become the main concern in industrial related pollution in previous research globally. The investigation of the concentration of heavy metals in soil will be carried out in two ways.