Trace Elements in the Terrestrial Environment of a Coal-fired Powerhouse
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Release | : 1977 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1065889593 |
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Download or read book Trace Elements in the Terrestrial Environment of a Coal-fired Powerhouse written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coal-fired powerhouse at the Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina operated for more than 20 years without electrostatic precipitators and consumed about 360,000,000 kilograms of coal per year. Twenty-nine trace elements were measured in fly ash, and in samples of soil, vegetation, and ground water collected along a 29-km traverse centered on the powerhouse. There were statistically significant effects of the stack releases upon the concentration of Ba, Be, Cu, Hg, Mn, Se, and Sr in soil; Be, Co, Mo, Sr, and V in vegetation; and Co and Mn in ground water. The Ba, Hg, Sr, and Mn in fly ash are less available to plants than the same elements in soil.