QUANTIFICATIONS OF SOME IONS IN NATURAL MUD AND IN ARTIFICIAL MINERAL MUD PRODUCED BY MINERAL WATER OF NINH HOA

Abstract

Minerals play an important role in the human body and can be absorbed through the skin in the form of a mud soak. 2 batches of artificial mud are produced using mineral water and natural mud from Ninh Hoa. 1st Batch: natural mud dipped in mineral water. 2nd batch: soak natural mud dipped in mineral water, adding water cabbage (pistia stratiotes) above the surface. Time: 2 months in sunlight. Ratio of mud and mineral water: 1:1. Results: %(m/m) Cl-, SO3, Fe2O3, loss of contents when increasing of the ignition, content (mg/kg) Arsenic (As) decrease from 1st Batch to 2nd batch of mud.