Open AccessBoron Concentration Measurements in the Samples of Water wells Collected from Al-Diwaniya Governorate -Iraq Using ICP/OES Techniques
Author(s) -
Abbas A. Sweaf,
Thaer M. Salman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1234/1/012016
Subject(s) - boron , contamination , leaching (pedology) , environmental chemistry , environmental science , water quality , water well , groundwater , soil science , geology , soil water , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , ecology , organic chemistry , biology
Boron is not uniformly dispersed, ubiquitous crucial micronutrient component for vegetation as well as for man. The aim of this research is to measure Boron, 10 B 5 , concentration in the water of the wells in Al- Diwaniya governorate in Iraq. The measurements done through analysing the soil samples of wells collected from 30 different locations using ICP/OES Techniques. The Boron concentration, which is obtained from the study, ranged from 0.64 ppm in (Eastern Hamza 4) to 3.81ppm in (Alsuniya 2) in water wells. The findings of the study are introduced and compared with other papers. The findings could be employed to introduce unique supplemental contributions in case a contamination incident happens and to achieve wells water quality standards by related entities to preserve radioactive contamination-free water wells samples, whic are needing for the people. More further, the study discovered that 30 samples of the surface water wells had boron more than detected levels. It is because the higher leaching of boron through monsoon rains from surface water wells beyond the root level. Therefore, in the close future, there will be probability of acute contamination problem with boron.