Dr. Manasreh Waleed Atef

Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Science

P.O.Box 7 Mutah, Karak 61710- Jordan

E-mail: afwkmd@yahoo.com

Tel. : +962-(0)-795513442

Updated information 01.05.2010

2010

1- Waleed A. Manasreh : Application of XRF, AAS and BCR-Sequential Extraction Procedure for Characterization and Assessment of Metals in Sewage Sludges from Two Treatment Plants in Jordan. (J.J.C.), Vol. 5, No. 1. 2010.

2- Manasreh W.A., "The assessment of trace metals in street dust of Mutah city, Karak,Jordan". Carpathian Journal Of Earth and Environmental Sciences Vol. 5 (1), 5-12,(2010).

3- Waleed Manasreh, Iyad Hailat and Tayel Mahmoud El-Hasan," Heavy metal and anionic contamination in the water and sediments in Al-Mujib reservoir, central Jordan. Environ Earth Sci (2010) 60:613–621

2009

1- Atef S. ALzaydien*and Waleed Manasreh." Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies on the adsorption of phenol onto activated phosphate rock". International journal of Physical Sciences V4(4), P 172- 181,(2009).

2- Manasreh W.A., ALzaydien A., and Malahmeh M.,"Analysis of Treated Wastewater Produced from Al-Lajoun Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jordan" E-journal of chemistry. (2009).

2006 - 2003

1- Manasreh W. A., "Synthesis and Superconductor Properties of Bi2.1Sr1.9CaCu2Ox-BaZrO3 Composite Powder". Al- Manarah for research and studies.12:25-30,2006.

2002- 2000

1- Anwar Jiries , Tayel El-Hassan, Waleed Manasreh, Quality evaluation of the mineralogical and chemical composition of dry deposition in the central and southern highlands of Jordan.Chemospher48(2002) 933- 938

1995 - 1999

1- A.l.Belogorokhov, V.V.Borisova, V.A.Kjutvitsky , W.A.Manasreh.:Synthesis and FTIR investigations of Bismuth bearing glasses used for composition analysis of superconductors.Jornal of molecular structure 349(1995) 455-460.

2- V.A.Kjutvitsky, V.V.Borisova, W.A.Manasreh:Method of preparation of Glasslike SRM. For XRF determination of Pt with Bi4M3O12 structure. Patent number 2077711C1.1993

2010 - present	Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry/Mutah University-Karak,Jordan
	1996-2000: Plant Manager of PVC Plant in NAMECO, National Multi Eng. Company. Mafraq-Jordan

Major field:

1	Synthesis of glass-like standard samples for X-Ray methods
2	Water and Wastewater research….
3	Synthesis of Superconductors
4	Petroleum and gases

#	Course name	Course Number	Level
1	Electro-Chemistry	CHEM 512	Master
2	Separation Technique	CHEM 511	Master
3	Analytical Chemistry	CHEM 413
4	Analytical Chemistry	CHEM 313
5	Analytical Chemistry	CHEM 315
6	Analytical Chemistry	CHEM 213
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Analytical Chemistry General Chemistry General Chemistry General Chemistry General Chemistry General Chemistry Chemistry in our life Research Project Natural sciences Chemistry	CHEM 211 CHEM101 CHEM102 CHEM105 CHEM106 CHEM108 CHEM467 CHEM499 CHEM203 CHEM391

MASTER SUPERVISION

1.Quality of treated wastewater produced from Al-Lajoun wastewater treatment plant.2006

2.The Influence of Al-Lajoun Basin on the water quality of Al-Mujib dam.2008

CONFERENCES

1-PETRA International Chemistry Conference (PICC) and Transmediterranean colloquium on Heterocyclic Chemistry, Tafila-Jordan, June 25-28, 2007.

2-The 8^th Jordanian Chemistry Conference, Organized by Jordanian Chemical Society In Cooperation With Petra University/Department of Chemistry.

GENERAL

Certificate	Major	Country	Educational Institute	Date
ph.D	Synthesis of glasslike standard reference samples(SRM)using XRF method of analysis(analytical chemistry),(very god)	Russian	Moscow Academy of Fine Chemistry	1991-1995
M.Sc.	Petroleum and Gas Refining,(excellent)	U.S.S.R	Lvov University.	1985-1990
High School	Scientific Stream,(very god)	Jordan	Irbid Secondary School	1984

Jordan Journal of Chemistry Vol. 5 No.1, 2010, pp. 77-85

Application of XRF, AAS and BCR-Sequential Extraction Procedure for Characterization and Assessment of Metals in Sewage Sludges from Two Treatment Plants in Jordan

Waleed A. Manasreh*

Department of chemistry, Mutah University, Karak, Jordan

Abstract

This study was performed to characterize and determine the heavy metal contents in sewage sludge from two different wastewater treatment plants in Jordan using three stage BCR(Community Bearue of reference) sequential extraction procedure. The extracts were analyzed for determining Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Microwave digestion procedure was used to investigate the total contents of heavy metals. The obtained results showed a good recovery percentage of the studied metals. The results from the partitioning study indicated that the oxidisable fraction was dominated for Cr, Cd, Fe, Pb and Zn while Mn is the greatest easily mobilized forms in acid exchangeable. X-ray fluorescence method was also used in this study in order to evaluate some of other elements such as V and Sc, which indicated an a relatively high concentration levels in both sludges.

Keywords: XRF; Toxic metals; Sewage sludge; Sequential extraction.

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, April 2010, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 5 - 12

ASSESSMENT OF TRACE METALS IN STREET DUST OF MUTAH CITY, KARAK, JORDA

Waleed A. MANASREH

Faculty of science, Department of Chemistry, Mutah University, Mutah, Karak, Jordan. P.o.Box-7

E-mail afwkmd@yahoo.com

Abstract: Street dust samples were collected from two main streets in Mutah City, Karak, Jordan. The samples analyzed for Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Pb, Cd, and Ni, and showed remarkably high levels of Fe, Zn, Mn, Pb and Cu. in the Mutah dusts. The samples from Mazar-Karak Street had higher heavy metal concentrations than those from University Street especially for Fe, Pb, Cu and Ni. Contents of Zn, Cu, Ni, and Fe in the industrial areas were greater than those from the commercial and residential areas. Discernible variations in Pb contents were recognized between two streets. Increases in these anthropogenic trace metals in the surface environment can most likely be attributed to rapid urbanization cars repairing centers and increased vehicle emissions to the atmosphere occur mainly in industrial areas. However, Pb contamination in the Mutah dusts is probably caused by Pb particles from vehicle emissions. The accuracy of the results has been cheeked using the standard reference material, SRM (soil-7). In addition some heavy metals have been analyzed in different laboratories. The results showed good precision and accuracy with a relative error of less than 3%.

Keywords: heavy metals; dust; AAS; Jordan; pollution.

Environ Earth Sci (2010) 60:613–621

Heavy metal and anionic contamination in the water

and sediments in Al-Mujib reservoir, central Jordan

Waleed Manasreh ئ Iyad Hailat ئ Tayel Mahmoud El-Hasan

Received: 27 October 2008 / Accepted: 26 May 2009 / Published online: 10 June 2009 _ Springer-Verlag 2009

Abstract

Sixty-five sediment samples and 25 water samples were collected from Al-Mujib reservoir, central

Jordan, in order to investigate the heavy metal and ionic contamination assessment. Therefore, to achieve this aim, water and sediment samples were collected during winter and summer seasons (2007) from Al-Mujib reservoir and the areas surrounding it. The study shows that there are elevated levels of SO4 ^2-, Cl^- and Na? in reservoir water, which might originate from anthropogenic activities in the

reservoir catchment area. In addition, the reservoir water has higher total hardness (TH) values together with high Ca and Mg contents. This might be attributed to pH of reservoir water and the nature of the rocks exposed in the catchment area. The average levels of heavy metals in reservoir sediments are Fe = 14,888.1, Cu = 17.8, Zn = 88.6, Ni = 38.7, Cd = 4.4, Mn = 337.9 and Pb = 6.1 mg/kg, which are lower than that observed in Wadi Al-Arab reservoir, northern Jordan. The values of enrichment factor are Cd = 35.5, Ni = 3.02, Zn = 2.54, Cu = 1.26, Mn = 1.2 and Pb = 0.57; these values indicate that heavy metals in sediments of Al-Mujeb reservoir have a different anthropogenic incrimination inputs. The study showed that the sediments are polluted with Cd, relatively contaminated with Ni and Zn and uncontaminated with respect to Mn, Pb and Cu.

Keywords : Reservoir sediments _ Heavy metals _ Cations _ Anions _ Contamination _ pH Wastewater.

International Journal of Physical Sciences. Vol., 4(4),PP. 172-181(2009)

Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies on the adsorption of phenol onto activated phosphate rock

Atef S. ALzaydien and Manasreh Waleed

Department of Chemistry, Mutah University, P.O. Box 7, Jordan

Abstract

Phosphate rock being locally abundant and cheap material in Jordan can be easily activated to become apromising adsorbent for phenol removal fron aqueous solution. The phosphate rock befor and after activation was characterized using XRD and IR techniques.The effects of various experimental parameters, such as initial phenol concentration, temperature , pH , contact time and adsorbent dose on the adsorption extent were investigated. Langmuir adsorption model was used for the mathematical description of the adsorption equilibrium and the equilibrium data fixed very well with this model. The activated phosphate rock had the the monolayer adsorption capacity equel 38.34 mg/g at pH value of 8.0 and 20 ◦C. Adsorption measurements show that the process is very fast and physical in nature. The extent of the dye removal increased with decrease in the initial concentration of the phenol and temperature of solution. The results showed that as the amount of the adsorbent was increased, the percentage of phenol removal increased accordingly. Adsorption data were modelled using the pseudo-first and pseudo-second-order kinetic equations, Elovich and intra-particle diffusion models. It was shown that the pseudo- second-order kinetic equation could best describe the sorption kinetics. Thermodynamic parameters showed that adsorption of phenol on activated phosphate rock was endothermic and spontaneous in nature.

Keywords: Phenol; activated phosphate rock; Adsorption isotherm Thermodynamic parameters; Kinetics of adsorption; Intra- particle diffusion; Rate constants

ISSN: 0973-4945; CODEN ECJHAO E-Journal of Chemistry

http://www.e-journals.net 2009, 6(S1), S287-S303

Analysis of Treated Wastewater Produced from

Al-Lajoun Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jordan

WALEED MANASREH* ATEF S. and MALAHMEH .M

Department of Chemistry, Mutah University, P.O. Box 7, Jordan.

manasreh_w@yahoo.com

Abstract:

Assessment of treated wastewater produced from Al-Lajoun collection tanks of the wastewater treatment plant in Karak province was carried out in term of physical properties, its major ionic composition, heavy metals and general organic content, for both wastewater influent and effluent. Sampling was done in two periods during (2005-2006) summer season and during winter season to detect the impact of climate on treated wastewater quality. Soil samples were collected from Al-Lajoun valley where the treated wastewater drained, to determine the heavy metal and total organic carbon concentrations at same time. The study showed that the treated wastewater was low in its heavy metals contents during both winter and summer seasons, which was attributed to high

pH value enhancing their precipitations. Some of the major ions such as Cl-, Na+, HCO3 -, Mg2+ in addition to biological oxygen demand and chemical oxygen demand were higher than the recommended Jordanian guidelines for drained water in valleys. The treated wastewater contained some organic compounds of toxic type such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Results showed that the soil was low in its heavy metal contents and total organic carbon with distance from the discharging pond, which attributed to the adsorption of heavy metals, total organic carbon and sedimentation of suspended particulates. From this study it was concluded that the treated wastewater must be used in situ for production of animal fodder and prohibit its contact with the surface and groundwater resources of the area specially Al-Mujeb dam where it is collected.

Keywords: Wastewater, Heavy metals, Soil, Ions, Organic content, Al-Lajoun .

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