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APPENDICES.
APPENDIX 1: Chemical properties of heavy metals.
ELEMENTS | GROUP IN PERIODIC TABLE | ATOMIC NUMBER | ATOMIC WEIGHT | IONS | IONIC RADIUS | ELECTRO-NEGATIVITY | IONIC POTENTIAL (charge/radius) |
Silver | IB | 47 | 107.87 | Ag+ | 1.26 | 1.9 | - |
Arsenic | VA | 33 | 74.92 | As3+ As5+ | 0.58 0.46 | - 1.9 | - - |
Gold | IB | 79 | 196.97 | Au+ | 1.37 | 2.4 | - |
Cadmium | IIB | 48 | 112.40 | Cd2+ | 0.97 | 1.7 | - |
Cobalt | VIII | 27 | 58.93 | Co2+ | 0.72 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Chromium | VIB | 24 | 52.00 | Cr3+ Cr6+ | 0.63 0.52 | 1.6 - | 4.3 16.0 |
Copper | IB | 29 | 63.54 | Cu+ Cu2+ | 0.96 0.72 | 1.9 2.0 | - 2.5 |
Mercury | IIB | 80 | 200.59 | Hg2+ | 1.10 | 1.9 | - |
Manganese | VIIB | 25 | 54.94 | Mn2+ Mn3+ Mn4+ | 0.80 0.66 0.60 | 1.5 - - | - - 6.5 |
Molybdenum | VIB | 42 | 95.94 | Mo4+ Mo6+ | 0.70 0.62 | - 1,8 | - 12.0 |
Nickel | VIII | 28 | 59.71 | Ni2+ | 0.69 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Lead | IVA | 82 | 207.19 | Pb2+ | 1.20 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Antimony | VA | 51 | 121.75 | Sb3+ Sb5+ | 0.76 0.62 | - 1.9 | - - |
Selenium | VIA | 34 | 78.96 | Se= Se6+ | 2.00 0.42 | 2.4 - | 3.7 - |
Tin | IVA | 50 | 118.69 | Sn2+ Sn4+ | 0.93 0.71 | 1.8 1.9 | 1.5 - |
Thallium | IIIA | 81 | 204.37 | Tl+ Tl3+ | 1.47 0.95 | - 1.8 | - - |
Uranium | Actinide Series | 92 | 238.94 | U4+ U6+ | 0.97 0.80 | - 1.7 | - - |
Vanadium | VB | 23 | 50.94 | V3+ V4+ V5+ | 0.74 0.65 0.59 | 1.6 - - | - - 11.0 |
Tungsten | VIB | 74 | 183.85 | W6+ | 0.62 | 1.7 | - |
Zinc | IIB | 30 | 65.37 | Zn2+ | 0.74 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
Ionic radius is for 6-coordination.
Electronegativity values for the other elements: S 2.5, I 2.5, O 3.5, Cl 3.0 and F 4.0. From these values, it can be generalized that a bond between any two atoms will be largely covalent if the electronegativities are similar and mainly ionic if they are very different.
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APPENDIX 2: Concentrations of heavy metals in soils and plants.
ELEMENTS | Critical Soil Conc. (mg/kg) | Critical Concentration In Plants | |||
Silver | 0.01 – 8 | 2 | 0.1 – 0.8 | - | 1 – 4 |
Arsenic | 0.1 – 40 | 20 – 50 | 0.02 – 7 | 5 – 20 | 1 – 20 |
Gold | 0.001 – 0.02 | - | <0.0017 | - | <1 |
Cadmium | 0.01 – 2.0 | 3 – 8 | 0.1 – 2.4 | 5 – 30 | 4 – 200 |
Cobalt | 0.5 – 6.5 | 25 – 50 | 0.02 – 1 | 15- 50 | 4 – 40 |
Chromium | 5 – 1500 | 75 – 100 | 0.03 – 14 | 5 – 30 | 2 – 18 |
Copper | 2 – 250 | 60 – 125 | 5 – 20 | 20 – 100 | 5 – 64 |
Mercury | 0.01 – 0.5 | 0.3 – 5 | 0.005 – 0.17 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 8 |
Manganese | 20 – 10000 | 1500 – 3000 | 20 – 1000 | 300 – 500 | 100 – 7000 |
Molybdenum | 0.1 – 40 | 2 – 10 | 0.03 – 5 | 10 – 50 | - |
Nickel | 2 – 750 | 100 | 0.02 – 5 | 10 – 100 | 8 – 220 |
Lead | 2 – 300 | 100 – 400 | 0.2 – 20 | 30 – 300 | - |
Antimony | 0.2 – 10 | 5 – 10 | 0.0001 – 0.2 | - | 1 – 2 |
Selenium | 0.1 – 5 | 5 – 10 | 0.001 – 2 | 5 – 30 | 3 – 40 |
Tin | 1 – 200 | 50 | 0.2 – 6.8 | 60 | 63 |
Thallium | 0.1 – 0.8 | 1 | 0.03 – 3 | 20 | - |
Uranium | 0.7 – 9 | - | 0.005 – 0.06 | - | - |
Vanadium | 3 – 500 | 50 – 100 | 0.001 – 1.5 | 5 – 10 | 1 – 13 |
Tungsten | 0.5 – 83 | - | 0.005 – 0.15 | - | - |
Zinc | 1 - 900 | 70 - 400 | 1 - 400 | 100 - 400 | 100 - 900 |
Data mainly from Bowen, HJM, Environmental Chemistry of the Elements. Academic Press, London (1979). The critical soil total concentrations is the range of values above which toxicity is considered to be possible. Data from Kabata-Pendias, A. and Pendias, H, Trace Elements in Soils and Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton , Fla (1984). The critical level in plants is the level above which toxicity effects are likely.
APPENDIX 3: Goldschmidt’s geochemical classification of the elements.
SIDEROPHILE | CHALCOPHILE | LITHOPHILE |
Cobalt, Nickel, Gold, Lead Molybdenum and Arsenic | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Molybdenum, Thallium, Arsenic, Antimony | Vanadium, Chromium, Uranium, Manganese and Thallium |