title: Metals and organic components of sewage and sludges.
abstract: Sewage and sludge samples were collected from rural areas of Vellore district. The metals like Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Fe, Ca and Mg were determined by Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometry (ICP-AES). For this determination HCl - HNO3 and 4N HNO3 extracts were used. The total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and organic matter (OM) have also been determined to evaluate the presence of organic and metallic contents in sewage and sludge environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Thiruvalluvar University, Fort Campus, Vellore -632 004, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Indra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sovaji
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D006812:Humic Substances / Q000032:analysis*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006812:Humic Substances; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012722:Sewage; D002244:Carbon