DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC CONTENT IN THE WASTE SLUDGE FROM A FERTILIZER FACTORY OF BANGLADESH BY XRF AND EPMA

Authors
MONDAL NN DEBNATH TK ROY TK SAHA KD ALAM B SARKAR M HENNRICH F MOMMSEN H LUI A
Citation
Nn. Mondal et al., DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC CONTENT IN THE WASTE SLUDGE FROM A FERTILIZER FACTORY OF BANGLADESH BY XRF AND EPMA, Applied radiation and isotopes, 45(9), 1994, pp. 945-948
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Applied radiation and isotopes
ISSN journal
09698043 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
945 - 948
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8043(1994)45:9<945:DOACIT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The waste sludge from a fertilizer factory of Bangladesh has been anal ysed by x-ray fluorescence analysis and electron probe micro-analysis in Bangladesh, Germany and Italy. All these tests confirm that the was te contains approx. 50% by wt of arsenic which is a highly toxic eleme nt. The authority has taken proper steps in disposing the waste.