Table 2 The Mass Balances, Distribution and Gaseous Emission of Trace Element

From: The Environmental Geochemistry of Trace Elements and Naturally Radionuclides in a Coal Gangue Brick-Making Plant

 

Mass balance %

Flue gas % total

Fly ash % total

Brick % total

Gaseous emission (kg)

Uncertainty (95% CI)

As

81.2 ± 4.3

16.7 ± 2.6

1.2 ± 0.4

82.1 ± 3.8

1370

(−7%, 6%)

Cd

58.8 ± 6.4

43.5 ± 6.5

1.3 ± 0.3

55.2 ± 1.4

55

(−28%, 25%)

Cr

64.3 ± 5.6

3.4 ± 1.2

0.6 ± 0.2

96.0 ± 3.5

496

(−11%, 14%)

Co

60.2 ± 2.7

4.3 ± 1.6

0.8 ± 0.5

94.9 ± 4.3

76

(−8%, 10%)

Cu

68.5 ± 6.3

35.6 ± 5.7

1.2 ± 0.4

63.2 ± 1.7

2770

(−8%, 7%)

Hg

78.6 ± 3.5

76.9 ± 8.4

2.8 ± 0.2

20.3 ± 2.8

35

(−24%, 36%)

Ni

57.3 ± 4.4

18.4 ± 3.3

0.6 ± 0.3

81.0 ± 4.6

1200

(−30%, 23%)

Pb

72.1 ± 2.8

30.8 ± 5.2

1.3 ± 0.4

67.9 ± 3.5

529

(−39%, 40%)

Se

86.3 ± 5.5

46.5 ± 6.7

0.8 ± 0.3

52.7 ± 2.2

477

(−10%, 14%)

Sn

64.8 ± 4.3

54.6 ± 7.3

0.7 ± 0.2

44.7 ± 3.5

429

(−13%, 11%)

V

52.7 ± 5.9

2.7 ± 0.9

0.4 ± 0.1

96.9 ± 2.6

424

(−10%, 10%)

Zn

61.4 ± 5.2

19.2 ± 2.3

1.3 ± 0.6

79.5 ± 3.4

2310

(−9%, 12%)

  1. CI- Confidence interval.