Impact of Brick Kilns’ Emission on Soil Quality of Agriculture Fields in the Vicinity of Selected Bhaktapur Area of Nepal

Table 4

Concentration of sulfate (mol L⁻¹) in soil as influenced by distance from brick kiln chimney.

Direction with respect to	Distance from brick kiln (meters)
Brick kiln	50	100	150
East	1.398 ± 0.00058	1.967 ± 0.00006	2.133 ± 0.00058
West	2.730 ± 0.00012	2.834 ± 0.00058	3.764 ± 0.00115
North	Res	Res	0.933 ± 0.01155
South	0.905 ± 0.000	0.829 ± 0.00007	0.870 ± 0.001

refers to residential area.