1. Determination of Heavy Metal Levels in Some Moss Samples Collected from Near the Highways in Burdur Province.
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BATAN, Nevzat, ÖZDEMİR, Turan, SARALIOĞLU, Ekrem, AKÇAY, Nilay, and MENDİL, Durali
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HEAVY metals , *FURNACE atomic absorption spectroscopy , *WASTE gases - Abstract
The main sources of atmospheric heavy metals deposition are agricultural activities, fossil fuels, central heating stations and the exhaust gases of motor vehicles. In this study, the total of 29 mosses samples were collected from contaminated points near the Isparta-Antalya, Burdur-Denizli, Burdur-Afyonkarahisar, Burdur-Fethiye (Muğla) and Burdur-Antalya highways (2-20m) and uncontaminated areas in 2012. Samples were analyzed by flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) later microwave digestion methods. The highest accumulation levels detected as µg.g-1 Fe (1419.02)>Zn (158.44)>Mn (362.77)>Ni (109.53)>Cr (60.51)>Pb (30.38)>Cd (35.866)>Cu (25.17) for mosses. Element levels are differ depending on moss species and the location of collecting localities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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