ESTIMATE THE CONCENTRATIONS OF SOME HEAVY METALS IN SOME SHOES POLISH SAMPLES

Abstract

The contents of some heavy metals (Cadmium, Copper, Lead and Cobalt) were determined in some shoes polish samples collected from local markets at El – Beida City, Libya. The flam atomic absorption was used to estimate the concentrations of the selected metals. The results of the studied metals showed that the cobalt contents were ranged between (0.93-2.69 µg /g), while the contents of lead were ranged between (1.21-1.84 µg/g). The contents of copper were fluctuated between (0.42-0.84µg / g) and the contents of cadmium ranged between (0.35 -0.56 µg /g). The high values of the selected heavy metals were related to the lead (pb), (Average value 1.48 µg / g) and cobalt (average value 1.89 µg / g). On the other side the low value was related to cadmium and copper, with averages (0.11 and 0.19 µg / g) respectively.