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Volume 2 Environment Pollution and Climate Change
ISSN: 2573-458X Climate Change 2018 &
Global ENVITOX 2018
October 04-06, 2018
October 04-06, 2018
London, UK
16th Annual Meeting on
Environmental Toxicology and Biological Systems
&
5th World Conference on Climate Change
JOINT EVENT
Assessments of heavy metals in soils and perceived health risks at artificial city in Saudi Arabia by
using XRF technique
K S Al-Mugren
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia
By using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique, We were evaluate the soil pollution with heavy metals like (As, Cr, Cu, Ni,
Pb, V and Zn) in the Artificial city at ALKHARJ, south west of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The soil samples were collected in
an open areas at different depths, at different distances from the metallurgical plant. XRF analyses were carried out by using
a low-energy mini-X-ray generator and a Si-PIN detector. The experimental results indicate that the concentrations of heavy
elements decrease with the distance from the metallurgical works and they are greater than the levels detected in a control
soil collected from a zone situated far from traffic and industrial activity. For the majority of metals, pronounced maximum
concentrations for all depths were detected in the sites located in influence zones of industrial objective with ferrous processing
activities. Anthropogenic releases give rise to higher concentrations of the metals relative to the normal background values and
in some locations their levels exceed the alert level admitted by the Saudi guideline.
Environ Pollut Climate Change 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.4172/2573-458X-C1-003