Author(s): M.S. Garawi and H.A. Alhendi
Article publication date: 1993-04-01
Vol. 11 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 47-56.
DOI:
126

Keywords

Underground water, spectroscopy, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

In this work both the atomic emission and atomic absorption spectroscopic techniques have been used for the determination of the metallic constituents in seventeen wells of underground water in Al-Kaseem area (Saudi Arabia). and eleven elements were detected. It is found that the major constituents elements in these resources are alkali elements, and the total transient elements constituents did not exceed 1 mg/l. Also it is found that the quantity of alkali metals existing in the wells follow the sequence Na > Ca > Mg > K.