Abstract
Twenty-one surface (0-30 cm) soil samples were collected from different locations in Egypt representing non-, moderately and highly polluted soils. The aim of this study was to evaluate the total Cr content in alluvial soils of Nile Delta in Egypt using neutron activation analysis (NAA). The prominent gamma-ray line at 320 keV was efficiently used for 51Cr determination. The results indicated that the Cr concentration in non-polluted soil samples ranged between 17.57 to 25.0 ppm. Chromium concentration in moderately polluted soils ranged between 34.65 to 41.45 ppm. The highest Cr levels, ranged from 71.97 to 87.03 ppm, were observed in soil samples collected from, either highly polluted agricultural soils due to prolonged irrigation with industrial wastewater or surface soil samples from industrial sites. Neutron activation techniques has shown to provide a good method for analysis of wide variety of samples of various fields of interest. It is applicable to multi-element analysis for both solid and liquid samples. NAA technique could be used successfully for the determination of heavy metals due to its high sensitivity.
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