Determination of some heavy metals in potato chips samples in Libyan markets

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the level of some heavy metals (pd, Cu) in some types of potato chips collected from the Libyan market. mineral concentrations were determined by Flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry (thermo GF95) Germany.The concentration of these minerals in the samples was determined and compared with the permissible limit in the Syrian Arab specifications and standards 2002 which also recommended by the Libyan National Center for Standardization and Standardization. The concentrations obtained from the samples ranged from 0.573 mg/L to 2.998 mg/L for lead, While copper from 6.4533 mg/l to 15.3057 mg/l. All samples are above permissible limit.