Determination of historical emission of heavy metals into the atmosphere: Celje case study |
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| Authors: | Gorazd ?ibret |
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| Institution: | (1) Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimičeva ulica 14, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| Abstract: | The research shows that in the Celje area (Slovenia), the historical anthropogenical emissions are 1,712 tons of Zn and 9.1 tons
of Cd. For Zn, this value represents approximately 0.3% of the total Zn production in that area. Close to the former zinc
smelting plant, the “Zn precipitation” has been estimated to be up to 0.036 mm. The 100-year Zn production left behind a heavily
contaminated area with maximum concentrations of Zn of up to 5.6% in attic dust and 0.85% in the soil, and 456 mg/kg of Cd
in attic dust and 59.1 mg/kg in the soil. The calculation of historical emissions is based on the data of heavy metals concentration
in the attic dust at 98 sampling points and on the data from 19 measurement sites of the weight of total monthly air deposit.
The main idea behind determining past emissions is that when the weight of the deposited dust on a small area is multiplied
by the concentration of the element in that area, the mass of the polluter which has been transported to the place of interest
by air can be calculated. If we sum up all the weight over the whole geochemical anomaly, we get the quantity of historical
emissions. |
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| Keywords: | Heavy metals Attic dust Air deposit Celje Emissions Numerical methods |
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