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ESTIMATION OF SURFACTANTS AT PPM LEVEL FROM SYNTHETICALLY POLLUTED WATER

Abstract

Large scale use of non-biodegradable surfactants in houses and industries leaves effluents where surfactants persist in it. These surfactants causes water pollution and are having very low concentration. Hence there is a need to develop simple method that is efficient to measure ppm level concentration of surfactants. Several methods have been known in the literature to estimate the amount of surfactant present in the given sample. In present work we have used relatively simple and precise method to estimate surfactant at ppm level from, synthetically polluted water. Part per million level of surfactant were estimated in synthetically polluted water containing 0.001 to 0.007 percent of Nirma. Surf excel, Rin Shakti and Arial. The level of surfactant in synthetically polluted water followed the order Arial > Surf excel > Rin Shakti > Nirma. Present study revealed that minimum amount of surfactant that could be estimated in synthetically polluted water of commercially available detergent like Arial, Surf excel, Rin Shakti and Nirma were 39.0, 50.6, 58.1 and 72.2 ppm respectively.

DILIP B.PATIL, A. KSHIRSAGAR AND AJAY P. GANORKAR

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