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ID (ISN) del documento37766
Número CIS 82-1013
ISSN - Título de la serie 0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro
Año 1981
Número de serie
Autor(es) Carelli G., Bernardini P.L., La Bua R., Rimatori V., Iannaccone A.
Título Occupational exposure to arsenic in a chemical plant: Health hazard evaluation after elimination of arsenic from the process
Título original Esposizione professionale ad arsenico in un impianto chimico: Valutazione del rischio dopo eliminazione dell'arsenico dal ciclo tecnologico [en italiano]
Información bibliográfica Nov.-Dec. 1981, Vol.72, No.6, p.473-479. Illus. 17 ref.
Resumen In 1978 an alkaline solution of sodium arsenite was used to remove hydrogen sulfide from natural gas in a chemical plant. Arsenic (As) was eliminated from the desulfurisation process in 1979 and environmental contamination by As was determined in 1981. Air concentrations were in the range 0.0005 - 0.125µg/m3, well below recommended safety levels. Concentrations of <2540mg/m2 were found in ground samples extracted with 2% sodium carbonate solution. In a soil core sample the As value was 0.55±0.09mg/kg at 0.6-1.8m depth but decreased from floor level to 0.6m depth.
Descriptores (primarios) arsénico; extracción de petróleo y gas natural; arsenito sódico
Descriptores (secundarios) sulfuro de hidrógeno; polución ambiental; valoración de la exposición
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Inorganic substances
Petroleum and natural gas industry
Arsenic and compounds