Study effects of El Jadida—Casablanca industrial zone neighbouring areas

Huberson Douo Bogbe Gogon, Hassane Erramli, Thierry Sauvage, Claire Ramboz

CNRS/CEMHTI, Site Cyclotron, Orléans, France.
Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans (ISTO), Orléans, France.
Nuclear Physics and Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco.
Université Felix Houphou?t Boigny d’ABIDJAN Cocody UFR SSMT, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et Radioprotection, Abidjan, d’Ivoire.

DOI: 10.4236/ns.2013.58106                

Abstract

The analytical technique PIXE experiment for measuring light and heavy elements concentration inside different samples of soil and residual water collected in the region of Safi-El Jadida, where an industrial complex resided, was performed. The same method was used to investigate the presence of elements ranging from silicon to lead in different soils samples and seaweed collected upstream from the site of Safi-El Jadida industrial zone, inside lands and downstream of it, in the entrance of the Casablanca region. This study allows us to highlight the influence of activities of this industrial zone on the neighbouring areas the site.

Keywords

PIXE; Heavy And Light Elements;Van De Graaff Accelerator; Pollution; Phosphate Industry Waste

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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