Table 1
Heavy metals in fly ash from various districts and countries.
| | Heavy metal content (mg/kg) | References | | Cr | Pb | Cu | Zn | Cd | Ni | Hg |
| Standard | | | | | | | | | EU | 100 | 100 | 100 | 300 | 1 | 50 | — | [20] | CCME | 64 | 70 | 63 | 200 | 1.4 | 50 | — | [21] | GB | 150 | 280 | 50 | 200 | 0.3 | 70 | 0.25 | [22] |
| China | | | | | | | | | Wuhan | 282 | 1276 | 899 | 4187 | 36 | — | — | [23] | Shanghai | 180 | 2710 | 990 | 4530 | 90 | 70 | — | [24] | Shenzhen | 566.2 | 1356.4 | 3080.8 | 37383.5 | 77.8 | 1583.9 | — | [25] |
| Spain | 790 | 398 | 156 | 15900 | ≤6 | 90 | <60 | [2] | Poland | 152.9 | 185.7 | 240.0 | 4660.0 | 87.5 | 78.6 | — | [26] | Japan | 235 | 3750 | 1800 | 21000 | 225 | — | 4.5 | [27] | Portugal | 185 | 2462 | 586 | — | 83.4 | 61 | — | [28] | Italy | 109 | 964 | 173 | — | 85 | 45 | — | [29] | Denmark | 99.0 | 2710 | 749.1 | 22400 | 97.6 | — | — | [30] | Austria | 500 | 4500 | 890 | 19000 | 350 | 94 | — | [31] | India | 120 | 35 | 100 | — | — | 150 | — | [32] | Belgium | 100 | 2900 | 500 | 9400 | 300 | 100 | <100 | [33] |
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Note: EU = European Union Standards (2009); CCME = Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines (1999); GB = Environmental Quality Standards for Soils of China (2009).
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