Potential metal pollution in grass and soil samples around brickworks
Journal Article
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· Environ. Geol.; (United States)
42 soil samples, chosen from 4 transects around brickworks in the Gottingen area (W. Germany), were examined for the toxic elements Bi, Tl, Cd, Pb, and Zn, as well as Fe, Mn, and organic carbon. In 44 plant samples (grass) taken from the same sites the trace elements Cd, Pb, and Zn and the matrix elements K, Ca, Mg, and Na, were determined. Around brickworks, which are situated in an unfavourable morphological region, small anomalies could be detected. A comparison with a highly polluted area around a lead-zinc smelter shows the relatively low level of pollution of the Gottingen area. The contamination of the environment by volatile heavy metals from brickworks is about equal to that released by the coal as it is burned. (26 refs.)
- OSTI ID:
- 5114895
- Journal Information:
- Environ. Geol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Geol.; (United States) Vol. 2:1; ISSN ENGED
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010900 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
014000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
AIR POLLUTION
BISMUTH
BRICKS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CADMIUM
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COMPILATION
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GRASS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
IRON
LEAD
MANGANESE
MANUFACTURING
MATERIALS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SAMPLING
SMELTERS
SOILS
THALLIUM
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZINC
010900 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
014000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Combustion
AIR POLLUTION
BISMUTH
BRICKS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CADMIUM
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COMBUSTION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COMPILATION
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GRASS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
IRON
LEAD
MANGANESE
MANUFACTURING
MATERIALS
METALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
PLANTS
POLLUTION
SAMPLING
SMELTERS
SOILS
THALLIUM
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZINC