The study if the concentrations of nickel vandeume , iron , lead ,oopper, and carbon total orgamic algaraf river sediments

Abstract

The present study was included to estimate the concentration and distribution of total organic carbon as well as five metals; nickel, vanadium, lead, iron, and copper of sediment of four stations along Garaf river in order to investigates the possibility of contamination in this area. The mean concentration of Ni, V, Pb .Fe and Cu in sediment ranged from(27.25-56.4), (26.2-76.6), (2.3-12.5), (12.7-43.2), (0-12), μg/gm respectively. While the percentage of total organic carbon in sediment ranged between 1.3% to 1.96% μg/gm. Many variations were observed in the mean concentrations of the studied metals of sediment. This is due to the differences in water and huge discharges to the river .There was a significant relationship between the concentrations of total organic carbon percentage (TOC%), and nickel (Ni), vanadium (V) content of the sediments. In addition to that there not pollution with lead .iron and copper of sediment.