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dc.contributor.authorAcwamu, Job
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-18T09:48:50Z
dc.date.available2024-01-18T09:48:50Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-17
dc.identifier.citationAcwamu, 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 ( MakUD) (unpublished undergraduate echnical report) Makerere University , Kampala, uganda.en_US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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/18299
dc.descriptionA 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 Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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
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dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectMedical waste ash treatmenten_US
dc.subjectPrecipitation methoden_US
dc.subjectSodium hydroxideen_US
dc.titleTreatment of ash from incineration of medical wastes by leaching and precipitation at Luwero industries limiteden_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US


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