Determination of nickel from water samples

The paper deals with the effect of nickel (A toxic heavy metal) concentration, and its determination from water and waste water by “Dimethyl Glyoxime Method” Nickel reacts with dimethyl glyoxime in the presence of an alkaline oxidizing agent to form a characteristic red colour complex which is measured visually and photometrically.

various alloy preperation.e.g.Constantan (Cu), Nichrome (Cr.-Fe), German silver (Cu -Zn).It is also used in the production of stain less steel.Common brands of stainless steel contain 8% Ni and 18%Cr.It finds use as a catalyst and as a mordant in ceramic glasses.Emission of Nickel from fossil fuels is about 70,000-tonnes/ year.City air typically is contaminated with 0.03 -0.12 g/m 3 of Nickel and the daily intake via Lungs thus is about 0.3-1.2gm.Ni is an essential micronutrient for micro-organism and animals but not to plants.It is associated with the synthesis of vitamin B12. but is toxic at higher concentration.In animals, the toxic effects include dermatitis ('Nickel -itch') and respiratory disorders.Nickel inhibits various enzymes, including Maleic dehydrogenase, Cytochrome oxidase and Isocitrate dehydrogenase."Nickel dusts are Carcinogenic".Nickel carbonyl, a volatile compound formed by the reaction of Nickel with Carbon monoxide is the most toxic of all nickel compounds, a carcinogenic agent.It is also found in many foodstuffs, but mainly in Tea, Cocoa, and Peanuts.Dietary intake of Nickel results from the use of cooking utensils made of stainless steel.An averages dietary intake of Nickel is 300 -600µg/day.

DMG Solution
1g DMG is mixed in 100ml.Liquor Ammonia and added 100-ml.distilled water.Now took 100 ml.sample, blank and standard of Nickel, covering the range of 1, 0.5, 0.05 and 0.03 ppm respectively in different 50ml volumetric flasks.Added 20ml.0.5 N HCl, 10 ml of aqueous sodium citrate solution and 2ml. of Iodine solution in each flask and shake well.After adding 4ml.ofDMG solution in each flask made it up to the mark with distilled water and kept for 20 minutes.Compared the colour visually and photometrically using a spectrophotometer of 470nm and measured the mg Nickel equivalent of the observed optical density.

RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Toxicity of Nickel is believed to be very low.According to Indian Standard IS -14543: 2004 maximum limit of Ni in drinking water is 0.02mg/l and the general standards for discharge of effluents contain maximum Ni, 3mgs/l.Ni is reported to be toxic to fish and other aquatic life.A bitter as tringent taste is produced by Ni on high concentration.Ni caused an appreciable fall in B.O.D. Thus 4mgs/l of Ni depresses BOD by about 17% and 42.5mgs/l caused a 50 % reduction.
In polluted water of Ganga river at Kanpur city maximum limit of Ni was found as 1.82 mg/l during rain season at (S2) Siddh Nath Ghat in Jajmau station.In Chandan Ghat its concentration was found 0.87mg/l and in Rani Ghat it was found 1.18 mg /l during analysis.From January 2006 -December 2006.At that time the minimum concentration was found 0.56mg/l at S1 sampling site in December 2006.Table1.0 shows the concentration of Ni in mg/l at three sampling station i.e.S1 (Chandan Ghat), S2 (Siddh Nath Ghat), and S3 (Rani Ghat) of river Ganga water at Kanpur.from January 2006 -December 2006.
It is clearly seen that there is some regular trend in the values of Ni concentration.These are highest during the rain season and lowest during the post monsoon.This can be explained on the basis of increasing in the volume of river in rain season as compared to the post monsoon when the dilution gives higher values of heavy metals in water.
During the period of January 2006 -December 2006 the Ni mg/l concentration is shown in figure 1.0 bimonthly variation at various studied sites.
Prepared stock Nickel solution by dissolving 447.9mgs.Nickel sulphate in one liter water.Prepared Nickel working solution of 100 ppm, from 1000ppm Nickel stock solution Sodium citrate solution; 25%an aqueous solution For preparing 0.05 N iodine solution firstly 20gs of KI is dissolved in 5ml water, then add 6.4 gs. of Iodine and diluted in to 1000ml water.