SHORT COMMUNICATION
Chromium Quantification in a Leather Tanning
Industrial Area Using Laser Induced
Breakdown Spectroscopy
Shakeel Ahmad Khan1, Muhammad Ibrahim1, Yasir Jamil2,
Nasir Amin3, Saif Ullah4, Farhat Abbas1
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad (38000), Pakistan
2Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (38040), Pakistan
3Department of Physics, Government College University, Faisalabad (38040), Pakistan
4Department of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (63100), Pakistan
2Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (38040), Pakistan
3Department of Physics, Government College University, Faisalabad (38040), Pakistan
4Department of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (63100), Pakistan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(6):2333–2337
KEYWORDS
Cr contaminationlaser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)in situ analysisOnlineenvironmental monitoring systemsoil degradation by leather tanning industry
ABSTRACT
We report the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for determination of soil contamination
due to effluents from the leather tanning industry in Kasur district of Punjab in Pakistan. The quantitative
analysis was performed by making a calibration curve for Cr using LIBS spectral line at 427.48 nm.
Chromium concentration of 839 mg·kg-1 in the vicinity of an effluent drain and 1,829 mg·kg-1 in the area of an
old stagnant pool was found. The leaching of Cr due to seepage of industrial effluents from deteriorating bricklined
drains in horizontal direction also was observed.
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