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Venugopal, R.
- Kerala Bird Atlas 2015–20: features, outcomes and implications of a citizen-science project
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J. Praveen
1,
P. O. Nameer
2,
Ashish Jha
3,
Anish Aravind
4,
K. G. Dilip
5,
Dipu Karuthedathu
6,
George Tom
1,
Hari Mavelikara
7,
Harikumar Mannar
8,
Jafer Palot
9,
Jaichand Johnson
10,
R. Jishnu
11,
K. Maxim Rodrigues
12,
P. M. Mujeeb
13,
L. Namassivayan
14,
Naveelal Payyeri
13,
P. P. Nesrudheen
6,
S. Prasanth Narayanan
8,
S. S. Prasanth
6,
M. C. Prashantha Krishna
12,
E. S. Praveen
15,
Praveen Velayudhan
14,
Premchand Reghuvaran
5,
Raju Kidoor
12,
R. L. Rathish
16,
R. Roshnath
17,
C. Sashikumar
9,
Satyan Meppayur
9,
A. K. Sivakumar
10,
A. K. Sreedevi
8,
B. Sreekumar
8,
E. R. Sreekumar
18,
P. B. Sumesh
19,
R. Venugopal
14,
Vinod Venugopal
20,
C. K. Vishnudas
21,
Vishnupriyan Kartha
5,
Vivek Puliyeri
6,
Suhel Quader
22,
Abinand Reddy
22,
Abdul Raheem Puthiyeri
9,
K. Abdul Riyas
9,
R. S. Abhijith
8,
Abhijith Surendran
8,
Abhin M. Sunil
18,
Abhinand Chandran
13,
C. Abhirami
18,
Abhirami M. Jayakumar
18,
Abhishek Sebastian Peter
10,
N. V. Afreed Muhammed
22,
Afthab Faisal Katakath
18,
P. Ajai
8,
Aju K. Raju
7,
P. M. Akhil
14,
U. S. Akhil
16,
U. S. Amal
23,
Anamika Menon
24,
Anas Ibinu Ansari
15,
K. S. Aneesh
10,
S. Aneesh
7,
C. Anjana Hari
18,
R. Anjitha
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P. N. Anoop Raj
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Anu John
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Anuradha Varma
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S. S. Anushreedha
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C. K. Aravind
9,
Arjun Ramachandran
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B. Arun
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Arun George
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Arun P. Gopi
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Arun Varghese
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Arya Vinod
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Ashley Shaji
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V. M. Ashok Raj
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Ashwin Viswanathan
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Aslam Mohammed
9,
A. Aswin
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K. S. Aswin
18,
A. Azhar Ali
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P. B. Balaji
26,
M. Bibin Paul
16,
J. Chaithra Shree
26,
Chandrasekaran Venkatraman
1,
K. Charutha
12,
Clareena T. Jose
18,
Clince P. Jose
9,
Dalip Singh
18,
Devika Sanghamithra
18,
Digvijay Singh Sikarwar
5,
Divin Murukesh
6,
V. Divin
1,
Fauzia Arief
5,
Jaydev Mandal
22,
P. J. Sarlin
10,
A. Adil Nafar
6,
K. H. Amitha Bachan
27,
V. Rejitha
7,
R. S. Vishnu Dev
16,
B. Elias Rowther
10,
Firosh Raja
18,
Geetha Iyer
1,
Ginu George
5,
T. U. Gireesan
8,
P. K. Girish Mohan
9,
Glen Preetesh Dsouza
12,
G. Govind
10,
P. Greeshma
15,
P. M. Hari Prasad
8,
T. V. Hariharan
9,
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C. Harith
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Latha Prabhakaran
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K. K. Lathika
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Libin Abraham
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Madhumita Panigrahi
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S. Manav
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Manoj Karingamadathil
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T. R. Manoj
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Manu Thomas
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P. P. Manuel
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P. Megha Chandran
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Mohammed Ashif Madathil
6,
V. K. Mohammed Hirash
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K. Mohammed Ramees
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C. T. Muhasin
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Naseerudheen Abdul Azeez
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P. V. Nikhil
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C. Niranjana
29,
Nisha Mundekad
30,
Nithin Mohan
10,
A. Pavithra
5,
Poornima Viswanathan
9,
P. Pramod
28,
G. Prakash
26,
S. Prasath
26,
Prasoon Prakash
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N. Preethi
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Rahul Rajeevan
22,
M. Rajaguru
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V. Rajarajan
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Raju Sankaran
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K. Ratheesh
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Rayan Pradeep Crasta
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Remya Mohan
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Renju
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Robin C. Koshy
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Rohan Rai
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Roshin Tom
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Sachin Chandran
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M. V. Sachinkrishna
18,
M. V. Saeed Anvar Ali
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Sajitha Siril
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Samuel George
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Sancia Morris
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Sandeep Augustine
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Sandeep K. Das
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Savio Morris
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K. Shahil
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Shahul Valasy
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P. K. Siji
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Siju Joseph
7,
R. Sivashankar
15,
Siyad A. Karim
7,
Sreehari K. Mohan
18,
Sreehari M. Pillai
11,
M. Sri Sowmiya
9,
K. T. Srinila
6,
K. S. Subin
15,
V. G. Sujith
10,
Suryamol Sukumaran
10,
M. S. Syamili
18,
Tarun Menon
14,
Tejas Praveen
1,
S. A. Thilak
5,
Tony Antony
31,
U. R Ullas
32,
Vinod Ooralath Sivaji
7,
Vishnu Narayanan
10,
M. Vishnu Sreejith
9,
A. Vivek Chandran
15,
Vivek Sudhakaran
14,
R. Vridhi
15,
Wahiba Irshad Humam
18,
Yadukrishna J. Uchummal
22,
M. A. Yathumon
9
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1 KeralaBirder, Ambadi, Kunnathurmedu, Palakkad 678 013, India, IN
2 College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
3 College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
4 Cochin Natural History Society, Revathi Bhavan, Edathala P. O., Aluva 683 561, India; Kottayam Nature Society, Sri Nilayam, Near Union Club, Kottayam 686 001, India, IN
5 Cochin Natural History Society, Revathi Bhavan, Edathala P. O., Aluva 683 561, India, IN
6 Malappuram Birders, Tirur, Malappuram 676 101, India, IN
7 Pathanamthitta Birders, Pathanamthitta 689 645, India, IN
8 Kottayam Nature Society, Sri Nilayam, Near Union Club, Kottayam 686 001, India, IN
9 Malabar Natural History Society, Susheela Mandir, B.G. Road, Nadakkavu P.O., Kozhikode, 673 011, India, IN
10 WWF-India, CO Madhavan Road, Ayyankali Nagar, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram 695 035, India, IN
11 Kollam Birding Battalion, Kollam 691 010, India, IN
12 Kasaragod Birders, Kasaragod 671 121, India, IN
13 Malabar Natural History Society, Susheela Mandir, B.G. Road, Nadakkavu P.O., Kozhikode, 673 011, India; Calicut Birders Club, Bellevue Dental Muthappan Complex, Patteri, Kozhikode 673 016, India, IN
14 Natural History Society of Palakkad, Palakkad 678 001, India, IN
15 Kole Birders Collective, Thrissur 680 555, India, IN
16 Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad 673 576, India, IN
17 Malabar Awareness and Rescue Centre For Wildlife, Chettipedika, Kannur 670 004, India, IN
18 Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
19 Birders Ezhupunna, Puthiyaparambil (H), Ezhupunna South P. O, Cherthala. Alappuzha 688 537, India, IN
20 Young Birders Club, Palakkad 678 001, India, IN
21 Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology, 4th Cross Rd, Subhash Nagar, Kalpetta, Wayanad 673 121, India, IN
22 Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, ‘Amritha’, 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570 002, India, IN
23 Kollam Birding Battalion, Kollam 691 010, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
24 WWF-India, CO Madhavan Road, Ayyankali Nagar, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram 695 035, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
25 Natural History Society of Palakkad, Palakkad 678 001, India; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (Post), Coimbatore 641 108, India, IN
26 Sálim Ali Nature Forum, Coimbatore 641 108, India, IN
27 Western Ghats Hornbill Foundation, Extension Centre, MES Asmabi College, P. Vemballur, Thrissur 680 691, India, IN
28 Sálim Ali Nature Forum, Coimbatore 641 108, India; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (Post), Coimbatore 641 108, India, IN
29 Natural History Society of Palakkad, Palakkad 678 001, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
30 Cochin Natural History Society, Revathi Bhavan, Edathala P. O., Aluva 683 561, India; Malappuram Birders, Tirur, Malappuram 676 101, India, IN
31 Pathanamthitta Birders, Pathanamthitta 689 645, India; Kottayam Nature Society, Sri Nilayam, Near Union Club, Kottayam 686 001, India, IN
32 WWF-India, CO Madhavan Road, Ayyankali Nagar, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram 695 035, India; Kole Birders Collective, Thrissur 680 555, India, IN
1 KeralaBirder, Ambadi, Kunnathurmedu, Palakkad 678 013, India, IN
2 College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
3 College of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
4 Cochin Natural History Society, Revathi Bhavan, Edathala P. O., Aluva 683 561, India; Kottayam Nature Society, Sri Nilayam, Near Union Club, Kottayam 686 001, India, IN
5 Cochin Natural History Society, Revathi Bhavan, Edathala P. O., Aluva 683 561, India, IN
6 Malappuram Birders, Tirur, Malappuram 676 101, India, IN
7 Pathanamthitta Birders, Pathanamthitta 689 645, India, IN
8 Kottayam Nature Society, Sri Nilayam, Near Union Club, Kottayam 686 001, India, IN
9 Malabar Natural History Society, Susheela Mandir, B.G. Road, Nadakkavu P.O., Kozhikode, 673 011, India, IN
10 WWF-India, CO Madhavan Road, Ayyankali Nagar, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram 695 035, India, IN
11 Kollam Birding Battalion, Kollam 691 010, India, IN
12 Kasaragod Birders, Kasaragod 671 121, India, IN
13 Malabar Natural History Society, Susheela Mandir, B.G. Road, Nadakkavu P.O., Kozhikode, 673 011, India; Calicut Birders Club, Bellevue Dental Muthappan Complex, Patteri, Kozhikode 673 016, India, IN
14 Natural History Society of Palakkad, Palakkad 678 001, India, IN
15 Kole Birders Collective, Thrissur 680 555, India, IN
16 Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad 673 576, India, IN
17 Malabar Awareness and Rescue Centre For Wildlife, Chettipedika, Kannur 670 004, India, IN
18 Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
19 Birders Ezhupunna, Puthiyaparambil (H), Ezhupunna South P. O, Cherthala. Alappuzha 688 537, India, IN
20 Young Birders Club, Palakkad 678 001, India, IN
21 Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology, 4th Cross Rd, Subhash Nagar, Kalpetta, Wayanad 673 121, India, IN
22 Nature Conservation Foundation, 1311, ‘Amritha’, 12th Main, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, Mysuru 570 002, India, IN
23 Kollam Birding Battalion, Kollam 691 010, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
24 WWF-India, CO Madhavan Road, Ayyankali Nagar, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram 695 035, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
25 Natural History Society of Palakkad, Palakkad 678 001, India; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (Post), Coimbatore 641 108, India, IN
26 Sálim Ali Nature Forum, Coimbatore 641 108, India, IN
27 Western Ghats Hornbill Foundation, Extension Centre, MES Asmabi College, P. Vemballur, Thrissur 680 691, India, IN
28 Sálim Ali Nature Forum, Coimbatore 641 108, India; Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (Post), Coimbatore 641 108, India, IN
29 Natural History Society of Palakkad, Palakkad 678 001, India; Department of Wildlife Science, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680 656, India, IN
30 Cochin Natural History Society, Revathi Bhavan, Edathala P. O., Aluva 683 561, India; Malappuram Birders, Tirur, Malappuram 676 101, India, IN
31 Pathanamthitta Birders, Pathanamthitta 689 645, India; Kottayam Nature Society, Sri Nilayam, Near Union Club, Kottayam 686 001, India, IN
32 WWF-India, CO Madhavan Road, Ayyankali Nagar, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram 695 035, India; Kole Birders Collective, Thrissur 680 555, India, IN
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Current Science, Vol 122, No 3 (2022), Pagination: 298-309Abstract
Citizen-science driven exercises (e.g. bird surveys) and online platforms (e.g. eBird) provide voluminous data on bird occurrence. However, the semi-structured nature of their data collection makes it difficult to compare bird distribution across space and time. Bird atlases are based on standardized surveys and describe the distribution of bird species over a predefined region and have fewer biases, and thus are better suited for use in research. The recently concluded Kerala Bird Atlas (henceforth KBA) is Asia’s largest bird atlas in terms of geographical extent, sampling effort and species coverage. The entire state of Kerala was systematically surveyed twice a year during 2015–20 and over 0.3 million records of 380 species from 25,000 checklists were aggregated. The dataset was filtered and various metrics were estimated. A total of 915 cells were laid out for systematic surveys, of which 888 were surveyed in either or both the seasons – dry season (January–March) and wet season (July–September); 27 cells could not be surveyed in either of the seasons due to logistical constraints. However, this variation in sampling effort had a minimal effect on survey completeness. The slope of the species accumulation curve suggested near-complete species sampling in over 70% of the cells. After eliminating nocturnal and pelagic species, data from 361 species were analysed. Species count was higher in the dry season than in the wet season. Species richness (count) and evenness were higher in the northern and central districts than in the southern districts. High elevation regions of the southern Western Ghats were the largest contiguous areas lacking sufficient sampling. We found that most of the endemics were concentrated in the Western Ghats, but threatened species were as likely to occur along the coasts as in the Ghats. The KBA dataset is a valuable resource for testing various ecological hypotheses and suggesting science-backed conservation measures. KBA model could be replicated for similar atlases in other states or biogeographic regions of India- Application of ICP-MS Technique for Analysis of Heavy Metals in LD Slag Fines
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Affiliations
1 Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur - 831007, IN
2 FME Department, and Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad - 826004, IN
3 Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad - 826004, IN
1 Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur - 831007, IN
2 FME Department, and Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad - 826004, IN
3 Department of Applied Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad - 826004, IN
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Current Science, Vol 115, No 5 (2018), Pagination: 973-977Abstract
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICPMS) is a powerful tool for analysing trace metals in environmental samples, industrial wastes and samples of biogenic nature. In the present study, this technique has been used to analyse the content of heavy metals in trace levels which specifically include elements like lead, cadmium, selenium and arsenic in LD slag fines. LD slag is the waste generated during the Linz– Donawitz steel making process or the basic oxygen furnace process. LD slag fines in the size range 0–6 mm are obtained after the recovery of metallic iron by means of physical separation in waste recycling plants, and are mostly recycled in sinter-making process. The non-metallic portion of LD slag fines is generally used as an aggregate in road construction, in acid mine drainage treatment and as an acidic soil conditioner. All these applications require a thorough analysis of trace and heavy metals as they can leach and penetrate into the soil and potentially contaminate it. The present study addresses this issue by analysing heavy metals in traces levels using ICP-MS. The analysis reveals that most of the heavy and hazardous elements are present in very low concentrations in the slag itself when compared with the EPA maximum allowed concentration in the leachate samples. However, the concentration of mercury in LD slag is more than the limit set by EPA in the leachate, and leachability of mercury needs to be studied further. The study also reveals that there are traces of platinum and palladium in the slag, indicating the requirement of future studies to understand their economic recovery.Keywords
Heavy Metals, LD Slag, Mass Spectrometry, Fires, Steel Making.References
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1 R&D Department, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur 831 007, IN
2 Department of Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering, Dhanbad 826 004, IN
3 Applied Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826 004, IN
1 R&D Department, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur 831 007, IN
2 Department of Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering, Dhanbad 826 004, IN
3 Applied Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826 004, IN
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Current Science, Vol 118, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 118-122Abstract
In the present study, ICP-AES and ICP-MS techniques were used to analyse and validate the content of heavy and trace elements in yellow gypsum samples produced by a chemical process from a solid waste generated at an integrated steel plant. The present study tries to demonstrate that the content of heavy metals like lead, mercury and arsenic in yellow gypsum is less than the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) norms set for a comparable industrial by-product phospho-gypsum. This study also concludes that yellow gypsum contains some elements (copper, boron, etc.) in traces, apart from heavy metals which are beneficial to plants as micronutrients.Keywords
Heavy Metals, IICP-MS, ICP-AES, Trace Elements, Yellow Gypsum.References
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