Physico-chemical and Concentration of Heavy Metals Analyses in Virgin and Used Lubricating Oils: A Spectroscopy Study

Boadu Kwasi Opoku; Joel Ogbonna Friday; Essumang David Kofi; Evbuomwan Benson Osa

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Physico-chemical and Concentration of Heavy Metals Analyses in Virgin and Used Lubricating Oils: A Spectroscopy Study

Boadu Kwasi Opoku, Joel Ogbonna Friday, Essumang David Kofi, Evbuomwan Benson Osa

Published in American Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 7, Issue 6)

Received: 8 November 2019 Accepted: 25 November 2019 Published: 9 December 2019

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As a result of the changes that occur during their use, lubricating oils from automobiles tend to differ in terms of their physical and chemical composition from virgin and used lubricating oils. The analyses of the heavy metals distribution, contaminants and physicochemical parameters of the virgin and used lubricating oils will guide us to select the possible processes that can alter the oil composition. This research examines the heavy metals distribution, contaminants and physicochemical parameters of the virgin and used lubricating oils using Atomic Adsorption Spectrometer for 7 elements using various ASTM D methods. The results obtained shows that there were significant differences in the virgin and used lubricating oils. The deleterious effects of heavy metals, contaminants and physicochemical parameters on the environment have been known for a while. These contaminants not only causes environmental problems, they also have bio-accumulation effects on living organism, poisoning and fouling of catalyst as well as corrode processing equipment. This study also presents results showing us that contaminants, heavy metals and physicochemical parameters play a major role in discriminating of lubricating oil samples.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Chemistry (Volume 7, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajac.20190706.14
Page(s)	175-179
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Heavy Metals, Physicochemical, Oil Analysis, Contaminants, Lubricating Oils

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Boadu Kwasi Opoku; Joel Ogbonna Friday; Essumang David Kofi; Evbuomwan Benson Osa. Physico-chemical and Concentration of Heavy Metals Analyses in Virgin and Used Lubricating Oils: A Spectroscopy Study. Am. J. Appl. Chem. 2019, 7(6), 175-179. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20190706.14

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Boadu Kwasi Opoku, Joel Ogbonna Friday, Essumang David Kofi, Evbuomwan Benson Osa. Physico-chemical and Concentration of Heavy Metals Analyses in Virgin and Used Lubricating Oils: A Spectroscopy Study. Am J Appl Chem. 2019;7(6):175-179. doi: 10.11648/j.ajac.20190706.14

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Boadu Kwasi Opoku

World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Joel Ogbonna Friday

World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Essumang David Kofi

Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
Evbuomwan Benson Osa

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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