Table 11 Min., max., and average concentration of heavy metals in deposited dust samples (\(\:\mu\:\)g/g) at the study area compared with other worldwide studies.
Element/location | As | Cd | Co | Cr | Ni | Pb | V | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gisr Al Soltan | Min | 0.58 | 1.73 | 7.43 | 8.82 | 50.14 | 25.76 | 0.17 | The present study |
Max | 9.53 | 5.20 | 11.21 | 47.86 | 59.64 | 162.51 | 105.69 | ||
Average | 4.10 | 3.26 | 9.76 | 36.72 | 54.30 | 104.42 | 71.49 | ||
Manqabad | Min | 0.92 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.79 | 0.20 | 2.58 | |
Max | 14.12 | 5.53 | 5.55 | 81.07 | 17.79 | 8.11 | 113.90 | ||
Average | 6.14 | 4.05 | 2.88 | 40.95 | 9.34 | 3.94 | 57.82 | ||
Egypt (Assuit) ± Standard deviation | 5.12 ± 4.83 | 3.66 ± 2.02 | 6.32 ± 3.85 | 38.83 ± 31.84 | 31.82 ± 24.97 | 54.18 ± 50.90 | 64.65 ± 51.33 | ||
China (Ebinur Lake Basin) | 22.74 | 1.67 | 13.44 | 203.34 | 31.18 | 1841.33 | 58.20 | ||
Egypt (Alexandria) | - | 0.33 | 2.7 | 24.3 | 14.4 | 70.3 | - | ||
Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) | 16.5 | - | 10.4 | 70.2 | 21.3 | 51.7 | - | ||
India (Kharagpur) | - | - | 22.42 | 200.45 | 56 | 194.87 | 115.08 | ||
China (Beijing) | - | - | 11.5 | 72.1 | 37.6 | 119 | 61.7 | ||
China (Shijiazhuang) | - | 2.84 | 14.9 | 141.4 | 42.1 | 177 | 56.9 | ||
Tajikistan (Khujand) | 17.5 | - | 6.8 | 92.5 | 44.6 | 73.6 | 62.2 | ||
