Comparative Determination of Heavy Metals in Artisanal Diesel (ads) and Regular Diesel (rds), Artisanal Kerosene (aks) and Regular Kerosene (rks)

Student: Saviour Lawrence Inyang (Project, 2025)
Department of Chemistry
Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot-Akpaden, Akwa Ibom State


Abstract

Comparative determination of Cd, Cr, Ni, As, Fe and V concentration in artisanal refined kerosene and diesel with regular distributed diesel and kerosene was investigated.Two (2) samples of Artisanal Refined Diesel (ADS) and Artisanal Refined Kerosene (ARK) were collected at different Artisanal refinery site in Niger delta Nigeria by. Also two(2) samples of Regular Distributed Diesel (RDS) and Regular Distributed Kerosene (AKS) were collected in two different fuel stations in Uyo metropolitan, Nigeria. Cc At the artisanal refinery site the diesel and the kerosene sample were added into a labeled 2.5L amber sample bottle through a glass funnel and chemically sealed and taken to the laboratory for analysis.

Keywords
artisanal kerosene diesel refined regular distributed samples collected different refinery