Physico-chemical properties of petroleum contaminated soil collected from arid region of rajasthan (churu)

Abstract

Petroleum has been used for many decades for illumination and, on a smaller scale, as lubricant. Environmental pollution by petroleum hydrocarbons has become a seriousproblem all around the world. The contaminations caused by petrol and petroleum products have been proved a great disaster on ecosystem. The present work has been focused on this approach, Physical analyses like soil texture, soil pH; Soil moisture content, organic matter, presence of heavy metal etc. were performed. All of these parameters play an important role in bioremediation of petroleum compounds. Chemical analysis of soil was also performed using GC-MS. Presence of heavy metal ions was estimated by using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). Excess hydrocarbons adversely altered the properties of the contaminated soils.