Heavy Metals in Domestic Refuse and Their Distribution in Incinerator Residues
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Waste Management & Research
- Vol. 7 (1) , 57-62
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242x8900700107
Abstract
The principal heavy metal loads to municipal solid waste incinerators are determined from analyses of bottom ash, fly ash and gaseous effluents. Upper values in g per Mg refuse are: Cl, 8000; F, 200; S, 5000; Zn, 2000; Pb, 1200; Cu, 600; Cr, 250; Ni, 80; Cd, 15; Hg, 5; As, 4. More than half of the Cl, Cd, Hg and As pass into the flue gas and are either captured in the fly ash or emitted in the stack gas.Keywords
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