Preliminary air pollution survey of nickel and its compounds: a literature review

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1969

OSTI ID:6768057

Sullivan, R J

This document represents a preliminary literature review which is being used as a basis for further evaluation. This document further delineates present knowledge of the subject pollutant, nickel, excluding any specific conclusions based on this knowledge. Inhalation of nickel or its compounds may cause cancer of the lung, sinus, or other disorders of the respiratory system, or dermatitis. No information was found on the effects of nickel air pollution on commercial animals, plants, and materials. The most likely sources of nickel in urban air are emissions from metallurgical plants using nickel, engines burning fuels containing nickel additives, burning coal and oil, nickel plating facilities, and incineration of nickel products. In 1964, concentrations of nickel in urban air averaged 0.032 g/cu m and ranged up to a maximum of 0.690 g/cu m. Nickel as a particulate presents no special abatement problems and will be controlled with the total particulates. Gaseous nickel carbonyl will have to be thermally decomposed before it can be removed. No information has been found on the economic costs of nickel air pollution or on the costs of its abatement. Analytical methods are available to measure nickel at the 0.006 g/cu m level and carbonyl at the 7 g/cu m level.

• Research Organization: Litton Systems, Inc., Bethesda, MD (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6768057
• Report Number(s): PB-82-237272
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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