About the Authors

Ilunga Kamika

Affiliation Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Maggie N. B. Momba

mombamnb@tut.ac.za

Affiliation Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This submission has been approved by all the authors, the responsible authority where the work was carried out (Tshwane University of Technology) and also by the Sponsors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IK. Performed the experiments: IK. Analyzed the data: IK MNBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IK MNBM. Wrote the paper: IK MNBM. Obtained permission for sample collection: MNBM. Obtained permission for use of FT-IR: IK. Statistical analysis: IK.