Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Tepi, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Comparative Study on the Determination of Some Selected Essential and Heavy Metals from Avocado (Persea americana), Mango (Mangifera indica) and Banana (Musa acuminata) with their Supporting Soil Samples Cultivated in Yeki Worecda, Southwest Ethiopia
  Author(s): Berhe Akele* and Shisho Haile
  
  The study was conducted in Yeki woreda Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia. Systematic random sampling Technik was followed throughout the study. Fruit and soil samples were collected from 8 kebeles of the study area. A total of 50 fruit samples per each fruit item were randomly selected from each site. Fruit samples were desiccated at 90°C for 48 hours in oven and the dried samples were ground. 0.25 kg of soil samples were collected from the soil at which the fruit plant grows. The samples were collected from all directions within 20 cm depth and were dried in oven at 90°C for 24 hours. 0.5 g of fruit sample was digested by the mixture of HCl, HNO3 and H2O2 (3:1:2) at 90°C for 2 hr and 0.5 g of soil sample was digested with the mixture of HNO3 and HClO4 (3:1) at 90°C for 2 hr. pH an.. Read More»
  

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