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Lead pollution of shooting range soils

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dc.contributor.author Sehube, Nicholas
dc.contributor.author Kelebemang, Rosemary
dc.contributor.author Totolo, Otlogetswe
dc.contributor.author Laetsang, Masego
dc.contributor.author Kamwi, Obed
dc.contributor.author Dinake, Pogisego
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-04T08:52:24Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-04T08:52:24Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation Sehube, N. et.al. (2017)Lead pollution of shooting range soils. South African Journal of Chemistry, 70, 21-28. https://doi.org/10.17159/0379-4350/2017/v70a4 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0379-4350
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.biust.ac.bw/handle/123456789/59
dc.description.abstract A total of eight military shooting ranges were used for this study. Soil samples were collected at each of the eight shooting ranges at the berm, target line, 50 and 100 m from berm. In all of the shooting ranges investigated the highest total lead (Pb) concentrations were found in the bermsoils. Elevated Pb concentrations of 38 406.87 mg kg–1 were found in the bermsoils of TAB shooting range. Most of the shooting range soils contained high levels of Pb in the range above 2000mgkg–1 far exceeding the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) critical value of 400mgkg–1. The predominant weathering products in these shooting ranges were cerussite (PbCO3) and hydrocerussite (Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2). The Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) Pb concentrations exceeded the USEPA 0.015 mg kg–1 critical level of hazardous waste indicating possible contamination of surface and groundwater. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher South African Chemical Institute (SACI) en_US
dc.subject Soil pollution en_US
dc.subject Pb en_US
dc.subject Berm en_US
dc.subject Ammunition en_US
dc.title Lead pollution of shooting range soils en_US
dc.description.level msc en_US
dc.description.accessibility restricted en_US
dc.description.department cfs en_US


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