Characterization of flue gas desulphurized (FGD) gypsum of a coal-fired plant and its relevant risk of associated potential toxic elements in sodic soil reclamation

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 19787
• Main Authors: Sundha, Parul, Mukhopadhyay, Raj, Basak, Nirmalendu, Rai, Arvind Kumar, Bedwal, Sandeep, Patel, Subedar, Kumar, Sanjay, Kaur, Harshpreet, Chandra, Priyanka, Sharma, Parbodh Chander, Saxena, Sanjeev Kumar, Parihar, Somendra Singh, Yadav, Rajender Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.11.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/172; 704/172/169; 704/172/4081; Bioavailability; By products; Coal-fired power plants; Contamination; Environmental assessment; Environmental risk; Flue gas; Gases; Gypsum; Heavy metals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Land degradation; Leachates; Manganese; multidisciplinary; Power plants; Quartz; Reclamation; Risk assessment; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sodic soils; Soil conservation; Soil management; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable use; Thermal power; Thermal power plants; Toxicity; Trace elements; Zinc

Thermal Power Plant generates FGD gypsum as by-product during coal combustion. This study evaluates the characterization (spectroscopic and elemental), potentially toxic elements (PTEs) distribution, and environmental risk assessment of FGD gypsum for safe and sustainable use in agriculture. The XRD...