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TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF HEAVY METAL ELEMENTS PRESENT IN THE MOSQUITO COILS AND TO REDUCE THEIR CONTENTS BY CHOOSING APPROPRIATE RAW MATERIALS

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  • The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science

Publication Year:

  • 2012

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Mosquito coil which liberates smoke while burning contains certain heavy trace elements in its smoke. Presence of these elements could be attributed to various raw materials utilized in manufacturing of mosquito coils. Present study was undertaken to determine the levels of trace elements contained in certain raw materials utilized in coil manufacturing and to replace them with raw materials containing less heavy trace elements based on the elemental analysis. Selection of eight heavy trace elements present in raw materials of existing mosquito coils was done based on the literature search and out of that Nickel, Chromium, Tin and Lead were identified using Inductively Coupled Plasma Instrumental analysis (ICP-OES). The remaining heavy trace elements such as Antimony, Cadmium, Arsenic and Mercury were not analyzed for their presence in Commercial coil raw materials since their contents were less than quantification level in the finished coil (product).
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