dc.contributor.author | Acwamu, Job | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-18T09:48:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-18T09:48:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-01-17 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Acwamu, J. (2024). Treatment of ash from incineration of medical wastes by leaching and precipitation at Luwero industries limited . ( MakUD) (unpublished undergraduate echnical report) Makerere University , Kampala, uganda. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/18299 | |
dc.description | A research project report submitted to the Department of Chemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Industrial Chemistry of Makerere University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This research project is about treatment of ash from incineration of medical wastes at Luwero
Industries Limited in Nakasongola district. The research was successfully conducted with the
help of the supervisors at the Industry. It was found that the ash from medical waste contains
various heavy metals which included cadmium, lead, chromium, copper, zinc, arsenic, mercury
and nickel. The concentration of heavy metals in ash was determined by dissolving a sample of
ash (10g) in Nitic acid. These metals were then removed using Sodium hydroxide and the
average percentage removal was above 50% which shows that this method is effective in
removing the metals. The method is simple and cheap which makes it easy to be implemented.
Lead was found to have the highest concentration while mercury had the lowest concentration in
ash. Treatment of ash is mainly important for environment protection against pollution especially
in control of contaminants.
In conclusion the method was very effective, simple and cheap and therefore should be
implemented by the industry. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Medical waste ash treatment | en_US |
dc.subject | Precipitation method | en_US |
dc.subject | Sodium hydroxide | en_US |
dc.title | Treatment of ash from incineration of medical wastes by leaching and precipitation at Luwero industries limited | en_US |
dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |