What’s in coal ash?
What’s in coal ash?
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Posted on December 14, 2012 by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
More than 25 percent of the chemical elements listed on the periodic table can be found in coal and coal ash.
What’s in coal ash? 25.64 percent of the periodic table. Click on the element’s names to learn more about them from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry(ATSDR) TOX Profiles or the World Health Organization (WHO) website.
- 4 – Be – Beryllium
- 11 – Na – Sodium
- 12 – Mg – Magnesium
- 13 – Al – Aluminum
- 16 – S – Sulfur
- 19 – K – Potassium
- 20 – Ca – Calcium
- 23 – V – Vanadium
- 24 – Cr – Chromium
- 25 – Mn – Manganese
- 26 – Fe – Iron
- 27 – Co – Cobalt
- 28 – Ni – Nickel
- 29 – Cu – Copper
- 30 – Zn – Zinc
- 33 – As – Arsenic
- 34 – Se – Selenium
- 38 – Sr – Strontium
- 42 – Mo – Molybdenum
- 47 – Ag – Silver
- 48 – Cd – Cadmium
- 50 – Sn – Tin
- 51 – Sb – Antimony
- 56 – Ba – Barium
- 80 – Hg – Mercury
- 82 – Pb – Lead
- 86 – Rn – Radon
- 88 – Ra – Radium
- 90 – Th – Thorium
- 92 – U – Uranium
Sources:Â
Radioactive Elements in Coal and Fly Ash: Abundance, Forms, and Environmental Significance – U.S. Geological Survey
Heavy metals and coal — SourceWatch.org
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