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Past Industrial Uses
Keywords :-Potential contaminants associated with main industrial sectors.
Gasworks | Iron + Steel works | Metal finishing | Non ferrous metal processing | Oil refineries | Paints | Petro-chemical plants | Petrol stations | Rubber processing | Semi-conductors | Tanneries | Textiles | Wood processing |
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Causes of Contamination ? > Main industrial sectors |
| Sector | Contaminant | |
| type | example | |
| Gasworks | Coal tar | creosote |
| Phenols | phenol | |
| Cyanide | free / complex | |
| Sulphur | sulphide / sulphate | |
| Iron + Steel works | Metals | copper, nickel, lead |
| Acids | sulphuric, hydrochloric | |
| Mineral oils | - | |
| Coking works residues | (as for gasworks ) | |
| Metal finishing | Metals | cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc |
| Acids | sulphuric, hydrochloric | |
| Plating salts | cyanide | |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons | benzene | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons ? | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | |
| Non ferrous metal processing |
Metals ? |
copper, cadmium, lead zinc |
| Impurity metals | antimony, arsenic | |
| Other wastes | battery cases, acids | |
| Oil refineries | Hydrocarbons | various fractions |
| Acids, alkalies | sulphuric, caustic soda | |
| Lagging, insulation | asbestos | |
| Spent calalysts | lead, nickel, chromium | |
| Paints | Metals | lead, cadmium, barium |
| Alcohols | toluol, xylol | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Methylene Chloride | |
| Fillers, extenders | silica, titanium dioxide, talc | |
| Petrochemical plants | Acids, alkalies | sulphuric, caustic soda |
| Metals | copper, cadmium, mercury | |
| Reactive monomers | styrene, acrylate, VCM | |
| Cyanide | toluene di-isocyanate | |
| Amines | analine | |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons | benzene, Toluene | |
| Petrol stations | Metals | copper, cadmium, lead, nickel, zinc |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons | benzene | |
| Octane boosters | lead, MTBE | |
| Mineral oil | - | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons |
trichloroethylene | |
| Paint, plastic residues | barium, cadmium, lead | |
| Rubber processing | Metals | zinc, lead |
| Sulphur compounds | sulphur, thiocarbonate | |
| Reactive monomers | isoprene, isobutylene | |
| Acids | sulphuric. hydrochloric | |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons | xylene, Toluene | |
| Semi-conductors | Metals | copper, nickel, cadmium |
| Metalloids | arsenic, antimony, zinc | |
| Acids | nitric, hydrofluoric | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | trichloroethylene | |
| Alcohols | methanol | |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons | xylene, Toluene | |
| Tanneries | Acids | hydrochloric |
| Metals | trivalent chromium | |
| Salts | chlorides, sulphides | |
| Solvents | kerosine, white spirit | |
| Cyanide | methyl isocyanate | |
| Degreasers | trichloroethylene | |
| Dyestuff residues | cadmium, benzidine | |
| Textiles | Metals | aluminium, tin, titanium, zinc |
| Acids, alkalines | sulphuric, caustic soda | |
| Salts | sodium hypochlorite | |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | Perchloroethylene | |
| Aromatic hydrocarbons | phenol | |
| Pesticides | dieldrin, aldrin, endrine | |
| Dyestuff residues | cadmium, benzidine | |
| Wood processing | Coal tar | creosote |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons | pentachlorophenol | |
| Metalloids / metals | arsenic, copper, chromium | |
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