Advances in Earth Science ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (8): 829-839. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2016.08.0829.

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Magnetic Influences of Cement Dust on Soil in Industrial Area and Its Environmental Implications

Yong Li 1( ), Yingquan Zhao 2, Jie Yao 1   

  1. 1.College of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Science and Technology of Anhui, Fengyang 233100, China
    2.College of Sedimentary, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
  • Received:2016-02-18 Revised:2016-06-03 Online:2016-08-20 Published:2016-08-20
  • About author:

    Li Yong(1975-), male, Qidong County, Hu’nan Province, Associate professor. Research areas include environmental magnetism and magnetism.E-mail:liyong197510@163.com

Yong Li, Yingquan Zhao, Jie Yao. Magnetic Influences of Cement Dust on Soil in Industrial Area and Its Environmental Implications[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2016, 31(8): 829-839.

To monitor environmental implications of cement dust on soil in industrial area, magnetic parameters and mineral compositions were measured by the samples of the cement dust, cement factory dustfall, cement, coal ash, topsoil of green space in the factory and topsoil outside the factory. Results showed that the major magnetic minerals in the samples were magnetite, the magnetic mineral particle size of cement dust, dustfall, cement and coal ash was coarse Multi-Domian (MD) and Pseudo-Single-Domain (PSD). As topsoil of green space in the factory and topsoil outside the factory were polluted by cement dust, their magnetic properties had been obviously changed; the concentration of magnetic minerals elevated and particle size became coarser. The magnetic parameters (χfd,χARM,χARM/SIRM) value can reflect the pollution level of the soil, the lower its value was, the more serious soil was polluted. X-ray diffraction results showed that the mineral compositions of the topsoil of green space in the factory and topsoil outside the factory were quartz and calcite, which were the same as cement dust. Magnetic parameters combination characteristics of topsoil can monitor the soil environmental changes in cement industry area.

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